GUILTY New Zealand - Kim Richmond, 42, Te Awamutu, Waikato, 31 July 2016 *Arrest*

[0101ABA]

It doesn't say it's her partner/husbnd though. Just a 45 year old man but we can guess it's him.

I jumped the gun a bit here & assumed something we don't know :blushing:

 

[kiwi50]

Very sad situation if it's what we suspect. It's Kim's funeral tomorrow.

 

[Pepper77]

The murder-accused appeared in court today ... he has been granted name suppression until his next appearance in two weeks' time. He appears to have had a number of supporters at the Court.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11879444

 

[kiwi50]

Sad news but no surprise.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/94358450/kim-richmond-murder-accused-revealed

 

[margarita25]

Sad news but no surprise.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/94358450/kim-richmond-murder-accused-revealed

"The man accused of murdering Waikato woman Kim Richmond is the father of her three children."

 

[Pepper77]

A trial date has been set:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/98165533/trial-date-set-for-body-in-lake-case
"... scheduled July 23 next year as the start date for a two-week trial."

I originally heard this on the radio this morning, at the conclusion of which I thought I heard the reporter say the accused has been released on bail, being monitored electronically. Thinking I'd heard that incorrectly - why, oh why???!!!!! - I see from another media report that this is indeed the case:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11936128

I'm feeling very sad for Kim's loved ones. I really can't get my mind around what circumstances would warrant him bail. If this was a mercy killing of sorts then yes, maybe, but the fact is this *** stayed silent for a very long time about what became of her - what he​ did to her!

:sick: :banghead:

 

[kiwi50]

If he'd confessed in the beginning, I think he had a good chance of getting off with manslaughter, probably pushing his luck now.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury selected as Kim Richmond's partner goes on trial for mum-of-three's murder

A jury has been selected for the murder trial of Cory Scott Jefferies, accused in the disappearance of his partner Kim Richmond in July 2016.

 

[kiwilaura]

A very sad case.

Her final heartbeat was tracked by her Fitbit. As was his cellphone movements as he walked home after ditching the car, with Kim deceased inside.

He has admitted manslaughter, but on trial for murder. She was having an affair with her neighbour and he had said he wanted to kill her for it on several occasions.

They had 3 children. How you could live with killing the mother of your children is beyond me.

Cory Scott Jefferies murder trial: Fitbit's last recording of Kim Richmond's heartbeat

 

[kiwi50]

I suspect he only confessed to killing her yesterday

 

[JerseyGirl]

Crown points to affair in Kim Richmond murder trial

Richmond murder trial: Fitbit shows when victim's heart stopped

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury delivers verdict of murder in Kim Richmond murder trial

 

[JerseyGirl]

The sentencing will be held at the High Court on September 7.

Cory Jefferies found guilty of murdering partner Kim Richmond

 

[JerseyGirl]

Cory Jefferies has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his former partner Kim Richmond.

He will be eligible for parole after 11 years.

Kim Richmond murder trial: Cory Jefferies sentenced to life in prison