When paramedics arrived, Paul had no pulse, wasn’t breathing, and wasn’t able to be revived. The argument happened while she and the teenager were driving around Te Puke, near Tauranga. On seeing Paul on foot, it’s alleged Ronaki threatened she would get the teenager to run him over. The Crown says Paul said, “do it”, and he egged them on, before the teenager hit him twice with the vehicle. He said it wasn’t a trial about what did or did not happen, but about intent.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 23, 2024 22:18 UTC