A nest of mice and a bag of soiled clothes was found in the room which Epenisa, Li and their two twin daughters shared. Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board member Makalita Kolo is also a member of the committee that runs the community house. "As soon as those pressure sores became infected, there was no defence mechanism in his body able to stop blood poisoning." Epenisa did not die of starvation, from lack of water but from sepsis caused by pressure sores, Ryan said. Malia Li's husband died from infected pressure sores, a jury heard at her manslaughter trial at the High Court in Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 25, 2021 00:09 UTC