A woman covered her face with her T-shirt and cried as the court heard of her involvement around the death of a Dunedin man. When the summary of facts was read in court, Dawson stretched her prison-issue clothing to cover her face and cried. She had a ''very difficult past'', he said, and exploration of that might lead to a reduced final sentence. Justice Nation ordered the report but told the defendant not to assume it would make a difference to his sentencing on November 27. Her conviction list reflected what appeared to be significant drug issues in her past, the judge said.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 01, 2019 15:33 UTC