“The Crown say at this point, in a moment of extreme anger borne out of the hurtful verbal tirade, she stabbed Mr Hemi in back of the head,” McRae said. McRae said Richardson claimed Hemi stabbed himself in the head. There was no knife near Mr Hemi or in the surrounding area when he died. You might ask yourself if Mr Hemi had done that to himself - how may that be?”He told the jury the answer was simple. “This case is all about who stabbed Mr Hemi - did he do it to himself, or was the defendant responsible?” McRae said.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 26, 2024 05:24 UTC