Here is the latest “not guilty�?verdict.... Murray Foreman not guilty of Jack Nicholas murder NZPA | Wednesday, 28 May 2008 Murray Foreman has been found not guilty of the murder of Hawkes Bay farmer Jack Nicholas. SHOT DEAD: Jack Nicholas (left). �?BILL KEARNS/The Dominion Post THE ACCUSED: Murray Foreman (right). �?EVA BRADLEY/The Dominion Post |
The jury returned its verdict tonight after a day and a half of deliberations in the High Court in Napier. Eight women and four men began hearing evidence against accused man Murray Kenneth Foreman in the High Court in Napier on April 14. Foreman, 51, denied any involvement in the dawn shooting of Mr Nicholas at his remote farm northwest of Napier on August 27, 2004. The jurors added a rider that they did not believe any member of the Nicholas family was involved in the killing. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4563434a10.html So what is going on? Are the crown prosecutors blowing it? Are the police stuffing up in their investigations and gathering of evidence? Are defence lawyers getting considerably better at carrying out their job on behalf of clients? |