Wed 8 Jul 2009 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Ambach trial Day 11 The jury in the trial of Ferdinand Ambach has retired for the night after asking for guidance on intoxication and intent. Ambach is accused of murdering elderly gay Onehunga man Ronald Brown in December 2007 and claims the attack followed sexual advances made by Brown after the pair had been drinking. The jury returned to the courtroom briefly this afternoon to ask Justice Helen Winkelmann about the relationship between intoxication and intent. She advised that the law holds people accountable for drunken actions but that they may find the defendant had been so drunk that he may not have been capable of murderous intent. The High Court jury began its deliberations at midday yesterday, broke for the evening at five o'clock yesterday, then reconvened at 9.30 this morning to watch a three hour long video of Ambach's first police interview which was conducted just hours after the attack. Jury members have gone home for the night and will return to the Auckland High Court tomorrow morning to further consider their verdict.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Wednesday, 8th July 2009 - 4:59pm