By - Hawkes Bay TodayA jury will today resume considering a verdict in the trial of a Hawke's Bay Prison inmate charged with causing grievous harm in an attack that might have killed a fellow inmate had a convicted murderer not intervened. Convicted murderer and prison lifer Joseph Sam Samoa, 40, had previously pleaded guilty to the charge. The rescuer, who had said he felt guilty for getting Poi into the circumstances the Crown said sparked the attack, continued survival techniques even after the arrival of a nurse. Crown prosecutor Steve Manning argued the attack was sparked by Poi's failure to deliver when he was enlisted to help bring drugs and other contraband into the prison. But luminol testing revealed evidence the assault took place in Cell 6.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 24, 2016 19:56 UTC