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11-10-2010, 09:16 PM
Evidence from the coroners enquiry has shown that
- An angry, frustrated Chris Kahui was alone in a room with his twin sons minutes before they began exhibiting signs of the injuries that would lead to their deaths, police have told an inquest.
The long-awaited coronial inquiry into the 2006 deaths of three-month-olds Chris and Cru Kahui began in Auckland District Court yesterday with police describing their unsuccessful murder case against the twins' father.
Mr Kahui, with his new partner and her family, sat emotionless in the public gallery as Detective Sergeant Chris Barry gave evidence. He said Mr Kahui was charged because:
He was the principal caregiver, with mother Macsyna King absent, and was angry that he was doing all the caring for the boys.
He was alone in the babies' bedroom for about 10 minutes before Cru was discovered turning blue and not breathing.
After Cru was found not breathing, Mr Kahui did not call an ambulance and did not call one the next morning when the babies were discovered to be critically ill.
He suggested that his 13-month-old son Shane could have caused the injuries.
Days later he said to family members that he should "hand himself in".
Chris Kahui was found not guilty of the twins' murder in a trial in 2008.
Chris Kahui had the twins in his care when they became critically ill from severe head injuries ,He was responsible for their care and failed to seek medical care . This is a hallmark of non-accidental injury .
If he gets away with their murder what does this say about our justice system ?
He is probably receiving a lot of state aid to do this .
Pity we cant put the same expensive and clever resources into establishing a better justice system-a jury system cannot find the truth when a conspiracy of silence enables the guilty to avoid giving evidence .
Fortunately the coroners system is far more likely to establish the truth .
Now the question-if the coroner establishes that the twins were in kahui s care at the time they were injured and showed the signs of that injury and he failed to seek medical care can kahui be prosecuted for failing to provide the necessities of life or a similar charge ?
- An angry, frustrated Chris Kahui was alone in a room with his twin sons minutes before they began exhibiting signs of the injuries that would lead to their deaths, police have told an inquest.
The long-awaited coronial inquiry into the 2006 deaths of three-month-olds Chris and Cru Kahui began in Auckland District Court yesterday with police describing their unsuccessful murder case against the twins' father.
Mr Kahui, with his new partner and her family, sat emotionless in the public gallery as Detective Sergeant Chris Barry gave evidence. He said Mr Kahui was charged because:
He was the principal caregiver, with mother Macsyna King absent, and was angry that he was doing all the caring for the boys.
He was alone in the babies' bedroom for about 10 minutes before Cru was discovered turning blue and not breathing.
After Cru was found not breathing, Mr Kahui did not call an ambulance and did not call one the next morning when the babies were discovered to be critically ill.
He suggested that his 13-month-old son Shane could have caused the injuries.
Days later he said to family members that he should "hand himself in".
Chris Kahui was found not guilty of the twins' murder in a trial in 2008.
Chris Kahui had the twins in his care when they became critically ill from severe head injuries ,He was responsible for their care and failed to seek medical care . This is a hallmark of non-accidental injury .
If he gets away with their murder what does this say about our justice system ?
He is probably receiving a lot of state aid to do this .
Pity we cant put the same expensive and clever resources into establishing a better justice system-a jury system cannot find the truth when a conspiracy of silence enables the guilty to avoid giving evidence .
Fortunately the coroners system is far more likely to establish the truth .
Now the question-if the coroner establishes that the twins were in kahui s care at the time they were injured and showed the signs of that injury and he failed to seek medical care can kahui be prosecuted for failing to provide the necessities of life or a similar charge ?