Former National MP Simon Bridges is heading to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce once he leaves Parliament next week. Bridges has been tight-lipped about his role since announcing he was leaving Parliament in March, but the Weekend…
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WORLD VIEW: UN Head Blasts Russia, The Trevor Reed Deal, Racial Divide on Covid Remains, Relief from Russian Gas, More
Trending | View in Browser April 29, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines UN head condemns attacks on civilians during Ukraine visit KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become ”an epicenter of unbearable […]
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Sydney woman 'gives evidence at her own killer's trial'
Harrowing video has been played to a court of 92-year-old Marjorie Welsh speaking with police in the days after she was brutally bashed by her cleaner in 2019.
The recording was taken at Ms Welsh's hospital bed less than a week after the grandmother was savagely assaulted in her Ashfield home by her cleaner, Hanny Papanicolaou.
The 38-year-old hit the elderly woman with her own crockery and her walking stick before repeatedly stabbing her in her Ashbury home.
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"I wouldn't trust anyone anymore," the Ms Welsh told police.
"I'm having special gates when I'm back, I'm making it thief-proof, killer-proof."
Ms Welsh died as a result of her injuries in the weeks after giving that evidence.
Ms Welsh's daughters, Angela MacLeod and Elizabeth Welsh, watched the video for the first time today in court.
"It was very very confronting," Ms MacLeod said.
"We'd only seen little snaps. To see it all, for her to be so clear about how she felt about it and what it had done to her … she was always so concise."
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The video interview forms part of the victim impact statement which was submitted to the court in Ms Papanicolaou's sentence hearing.
"She gave evidence at her own murder trial and it really sums her up," Elizabeth Welsh told 9News.
As the video of Ms Welsh's interview was played to the court, her convicted killer wiped away tears.
Papanicolaou is facing a lengthy prison sentence, with the Crown signalling that the jail term could be in excess of 20 years.
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"Elderly people need to be taken care of. Their home is their sanctuary," Ms MacLeod said.
"She was strong, intelligent, loving, protective, everything you'd want in a mum.
"We were always very proud of her. Right to the end."
Papanicolaou's sentence will be handed down at a later date.
Standing up to Daniel Ortega’s excesses
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto). Largely unreported by the media in the Caribbean and making no headlines, […]
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Caribbean-Born Jurist Jailed for Obstructing Federal Investigation
By CMC News A United States federal judge sentenced Trinidadian-born jurist Sylvia G Ash to 15 months in prison for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, and making a false statement to a federal agent. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, of Manhattan federal court in New York, imposed the sentence on 64-year-old Ash, […]
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MSF: Three Questions About the Recent Violent Clashes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
For the past week, violent clashes have been taking place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs the nearby Tabarre trauma hospital. Mumuza Muhindo, MSF head of mission, explains how people in the city have become victims of the violence in this interview. When did this wave of violence begin? Since the […]
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Honduras Requests Development Bank Membership in Search of Financing
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA, April 28 (Reuters) – Honduras requested membership of the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, the organization reported Thursday, as leftist President Xiomara Castro’s administration seeks financing to alleviate severe budgetary imbalances left by her predecessor. Castro, who took office in January, must tackle a public debt of almost $15.7 billion, […]
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Panama Passes Bill Permitting Use of Crypto Assets
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, April 28 (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Panama’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the Central American country renowned as a hub of offshore financial services. The bill opens the door to private and public use […]
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Peru’s Ruling Party Calls for President Castillo to Quit in 2023
By Marcelo Rocrhabrun LIMA, April 28 (Reuters) – Peruvian lawmakers from the ruling Peru Libre party on Thursday presented a bill to cut President Pedro Castillo’s presidential term from five to two years, with general elections set for 2023, an unprecedented setback from within his own ranks. Castillo, a leftist former school teacher and […]
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