George Hyde and Sandy Graham stand in the dock in the High Court at Invercargill yesterday before guilty verdicts were delivered by the foreman in a jury trial. The emotion came from the public gallery as someone yelped in relief when the foreman announced Graham (32) guilty of murdering Mr Watene at her home on April 16, 2020. The jury also found George Ivor Hyde (25) guilty of accessory after the fact to manslaughter between April 16 and 27, 2020. The Crown’s case was that Graham had knowingly shot Mr Watene on the night of April 16. After the trial yesterday southern district field crime manager Detective Inspector Stu Harvey said he respected the jury’s verdict.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2022 02:18 UTC