By Sam HurleySquirming and gasping for air, her face forced against a pillow by her father, Esme Claire Kinraid suffered a death described as "true horror". Justice Ellis said the cause of Esme's death was a "fatal neck compression". Some of Kinraid's family members had travelled from Dunedin, where he had been staying with his brother, for the sentencing. "Most definitely not," he said when asked after the case if Esme's death was unwitting. Keegan said if not for his client's admission of guilt, the circumstances surrounding Esme's death may never have been fully known.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2017 07:18 UTC