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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the eleventh of June. Wakotto police
are offering a major reward for information helping to find
the children of marakorper man Tom Phillips, missing since twenty
twenty one. The now eight, nine and ten year olds
are believed to be in western Wakotto, near or in
(00:24):
Mara Corper. Police will consider immunity for people assisting Phillips,
who has a warrant issued for his arrest. Acting Detective
Inspector Andrew Saunders says he doesn't have legal custody over
the children.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Today a police are announcing a reward of eighty thousand
dollars for information leading to the location and say for
return of the missing children, Jada Maverick and Edder Phillips.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Questions around the death of a baby boy in Tekawiti.
A homicide investigation has been launched after the ten month
old couldn't be revived on Saturday afternoon. His injuries are
thought not to be accidental and ordering a Tomarriike's assisting police.
The father told stuff he was home alone with his son,
who was unwell and appeared to choke on vomit. A
(01:13):
thirteen year old boy accused of murdering another teen at
Dunedin's Great King Street bus stop last month has pleaded
not guilty. Blake Benny reports.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
The accused, who has automatic name suppression, appeared at the
High Court in Dunedin this morning. An application for bail
and to continue the suppression order will be heard early
next month. He's been remanded in custody until his case
review hereing in September.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
The rest of Scott Watson's second attempt before the Court
of Appeal will focus on forensics. Watson was found guilty
of murdering friends Ben Smart and Olivia Hope in the
Mulboroughsounds in nineteen ninety nine. Yesterday, defense argued the first
ground of the appeal, which was the reliability of eyewitness accounts.
Open Justice reporter Catherine Hutton says focus will today move
(01:59):
to the hairs found on a blanket on Watson's boat blade.
She says none of Olivia's hairs were found initially, but
when it was re examined two were found.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They were examined on the same day by the same
scientists on the same table as the references from Olivia
and there was a cut in the bag holdings that hair.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Ambulances and police are at the abandoned Pringle House in
central Wellington's Wakefield Street, where at least one person has
been injured falling down a stairwell. It was vacated by
the regional Council because of the stairwells were damaged during
the twenty thirteen said an earthquake assistant. Fire Commander Martin
Welby says one person's being rescued and others may be inside.
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He says trespasses are common. Kiwi Banks facing criminal charges
with allegations it overcharged customers more than seven million dollars
in fees and interest rates the Commerce Commissions alleging breaches
of the Fair Trading Act. Kiwibank identified the issue and
is progressively refunding the money. Legislation proposed in Australia to
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counter AI generated pornography could potentially be mirrored here. To sport,
three fans who racially abused a Real Madrid footballer, Venetius
Junior at a match in Valencia during May last year
have each been sentenced to eight months in prison. Two
players with New Zealand ties are set to feature for
(03:23):
England against the All Blacks next month. Loose forward's Ethan
Roots and a Chandler Cunningham South have been named in
coach Steve Borthwick's thirty six man squad. After debuting this year.
Andy Onick Sinner has become the first Italian to top
the men's World Tennis rankings since computerized entries began in
nineteen seventy three. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
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We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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