On 9 January, in Dunedin, Sophie Elliott was stabbed 216 times by ex-boyfriend Clayton Weatherston, who received a minimum 18-years’ non-parole prison sentence. The case attracted great media attention and due to public outrage at Weatherston’s claims of provocation this partial defence was abolished in New Zealand later in 2009. Read more
Sophie Elliott murder, 2008
On 9 January, in Dunedin, Sophie Elliott was stabbed 216 times by ex-boyfriend Clayton Weatherston, who received a minimum 18-years’ non-parole prison sentence. The case attracted great media attention and due to public outrage at Weatherston’s claims of provocation this partial defence was abolished in New Zealand later in 2009. Read more