Articles by Craig Kapitan
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Crime
Live: Polkinghorne murder trial: Crown attacks expert's suicide finding during cross-examination
Friday, 6 September 2024, 2:05pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A respected Australian pathologist hired to testify for the defence in the Philip Polkinghorne...
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Polkinghorne defence expert pans Crown's staged suicide theory: 'Mind boggling to imagine'
Wednesday, 4 September 2024, 9:02pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An overseas pathology expert brought to New Zealand to testify for the defence in the ongoing...
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Jurors at Philip Polkinghorne murder trial view suppressed suicide research
Tuesday, 3 September 2024, 8:58pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A mechanical engineer who visited the Remuera home of eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne gave a...
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Polkinghorne's lawyer rips into 'intoxicated' police as defence takes the offensive at murder trial
Friday, 30 August 2024, 10:27amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Police investigating the death of Pauline Hanna were too “intoxicated” by salacious details...
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Polkinghorne murder trial not sitting today for reasons undisclosed
Thursday, 29 August 2024, 10:12amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The trial of Philip Polkinghorne, the Remuera eye surgeon accused of killing his wife and staging...
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Where's Madison? Crown wrapping up, but star witness nowhere to be seen
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 8:34pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT After four-and-a-half straight weeks of testimony, Crown prosecutors have called their likely...
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Polkinghorne trial: Phone records show aborted 4am mystery messages on day of wife's death
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 8:54pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT At 4.04 and 4.05am on the same morning that Pauline Hanna was found dead in her Remuera home,...
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'I cannot live if that is the result': Late wife's despair revealed at Polkinghorne murder trial
Friday, 23 August 2024, 9:47amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Following an argument in March, 2019, in which Philip Polkinghorne told wife Pauline Hanna...
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Jurors peek into Polkinghorne's laptop: Spousal letters and extra-marital sex videos
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 8:41pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jurors were presented a portrait of a failing marriage today as letters between Dr Philip Polkinghorne...
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Sex tape of Polkinghorne and escort found on surgeon's laptop
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 1:33pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An analysis of Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne’s laptop has revealed several exhibits...
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Live: Kiwi study says meth users twice as likely to assault partner, trial hears
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 10:28amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An addiction expert who specialises in substance use disorders is giving evidence at the Philip...
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Police never found the 450kg of meth; a Hells Angels member has pleaded guilty anyway
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 7:15amIt started with a tip from the Australian Border Force in August 2021. A massive shipment – 556kg of high-quality methamphetamine –...
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Pauline Hanna planned to 'see a lawyer and write a will' prior to her death, friend tells court
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 8:44pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Surgeon Philip Polkinghorne was always known by his colleagues as someone who was “incredibly...
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'Incredibly lonely': Defence argues Polkinghorne’s wife quietly suffering with Covid-19 workload
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:36pmWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Pauline Hanna’s high-intensity jobs responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and her work habits...
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'Beastly' Polkinghorne became 'enraged' at wife, trial hears
Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:40amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Pauline Hanna feared her husband was being unfaithful, siphoning off money and was planning...
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‘He's just such a sex fiend’ - Covert audio recording of Polkinghorne’s wife released
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 10:09amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT In the final year or two of her life, Pauline Hanna was upfront with her brother about difficulties...
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Man accused of murdering Rebels MC member last month can now be named
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 10:45amThe man accused of murdering young Rebels MC member Texas Jack Doctor in Mt Wellington last month can now be identified as...
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Philip Polkinghorne murder trial live: Jurors hear from Canadian rope expert
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 10:45amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A rope expert will give evidence this morning as Philip Polkinghorne’s trial for the murder...
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Philip Polkinghorne trial: How a suicide callout morphed into a murder investigation
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 10:21amWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT First the rope, twisted in a “granny knot” around an upstairs bannister, didn’t seem to have...
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Officer scribbled coded message on hand after Polkinghorne’s sworn statement
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 9:07pmWARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT About an hour after emergency responders arrived at Philip Polkinghorne’s Remuera home in April...
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Live: Netflix and wine - Polkinghorne's last night with wife
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 1:42pmWhen paramedic Hannah Matheson arrived at the Remuera home of Dr Philip Polkinghorne minutes after an emotional 111 call...
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Polkinghorne 'reasonably calm' with unexplained scratch on head at death scene - paramedic
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 10:15amWARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Police officers and paramedics are due to give evidence on day two in the murder trial of Auckland...
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Mum who warned kids weren't safe around her, then killed her infant, gets permanent name suppression
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 2:51pmA young solo mother who warned her former partner about her deteriorating mental health and potential for violence towards...
