Amaziah Te Ahuru

A jury has found Tipene Te Ahuru guilty of murdering his baby son Amaziah after deliberating for a little under three hours. The unanimous verdict came on Tuesday afternoon after a week of evidence at his trial in the High Court at Auckland. Amaziah’s mother, Raurangi Richards, Te Ahuru’s former partner, watched from the public gallery. Amaziah, who was three months old, suffered extensive injuries in a brief period while Richards was out doing the laundry on September 18, 2022. He died after 11 days on life support as Te Ahuru gave incomplete and conflicting accounts of what happened. Expert medical witnesses said Amaziah’s head injury was in all likelihood the result of abuse. Amaziah was taken first to Middlemore Hospital, then to Starship. He died after 11 days on life support. Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-baby-murder-trial-jury-retir....