Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He tangata e anga ana ki te whakawakanga mo te awhina i tana hoa aroha o mua ki te patu i tetahi wahine i te wa o te taenga mai o te taenga mai, i kii ki te kooti ko tana mura o mua he 'he hiahia kino ki te patu' a kua keri noa ia i te urupa o te patunga. Ko Micheal John Duffy, 34, kaore i te hara ki te kohuru i a Colleen Deborah Ayers, 33, i kitea tona tinana kua pakaru i roto i te urupa iti i runga i te whenua 25 eka o Lakesland o ona maatua, kei te taha o Picton, ki te tonga ki te hauauru o Sydney. I roto i nga korero whakatuwheratanga o te whakawakanga a Duffy, i kii te kaitohutohu a te Karauna a Elizabeth Wilkins SC ki te kaunihera, ahakoa ko tana hoa o mua, ko Rachel Evans, i tiimata te mahi nanakia, i uru mai a Duffy ki roto. I kī a ia ko tana hoa whakapae, ko Evans, ko ia te tangata i whai i tētahi 'te hiahia kino ki te patu' ā, i āwhina anake ia ki te tanu i te tinana o Ms Ayers. I whakaae a Micheal John Duffy kaore ia i te hara mo te patu i a Colleen Deborah Ayers i muri i tana kii i whakakorea noa e ia tana tinana i te wa e whakawakia ana a Rachel Evans ko ia te tangata e hiahia ana ki te patu. I kii a Ms Wilkins ki te kooti ko Evans te tangata i mau ki te whitiki i whakamahia hei patu i a Ms Ayers i muri i tana korero ki tetahi kaiwhakaatu: 'Ka whakamate matou i a ia, ka whakamate i a ia.' 'I whakairihia e ia te whitiki ki te kaki o Ms Ayers. I peia atu e te tupapaku. 'I taua wā tonu ka uru atu a Duffy, ka tīmata hoki ki te patu i a ia,' ka mea ia. Ko te whakaaro tēnei a Rachael Evans. Ko ia te kaiārahi, ā, ko te whakapae nei [Duffy] i uru mai ki roto.' I rongo te kōti kua tūtaki a Ms. Ayers ki a Evans i tētahi pā i Campbelltown i te rā i mua noa atu i tana kohuru whakamataku. E kiia ana i te 8 o Mei 2012, ko Evans raua ko Duffy, me tetahi kotiro 16-tau-tau kaore e taea te whakaingoa, i haere ki tetahi hotera i Picton me Ms Ayers. Katahi ka haere a Evans, Duffy me Ms Ayers ki te taatai i a ratau ano i te wa e kiriata ana te taiohi kaore i mohiotia. I te aonga ake, i muri i te inu me te tango i te rongoā, ka tono a Ms Ayers i te tokorua, me tetahi atu tangata, a Scott Debridge, ki te kainga o Lakesland o ona matua. I kii a Ms Wilkins ki te kooti i whakamahere a Evans raua ko Duffy ki te tahae me te hoko patu mai i te whenua tuawhenua kia taea ai e raua te hoko...
Ko te tangata e whakawakia ana mo te awhina i te hoa aroha o mua ki te patu i te wahine i te wa o te whakaipoipo. I whakaae a Michael John Duffy kaore ia i hara ki te kohuru i a Colleen Deborah Ayers. I rongo te kooti i te whakaekenga a ia i a Ms Ayers, 33, me te 'kaiarahi' a Rachel Evans. I kii ia ko tana hoa whakapae ko Evans te tangata e hiahia ana ki te patu E ai ki ngā pūrongo, i tanumia e Duffy a Ms Ayers i roto i tētahi urupa mataiti i runga i te whenua o ōna mātua. I whakaae a Evans ki te kohuru, ā, kua whakaritea kia whakaitihia tana whiu mō tana whakaaturanga i te whakawakanga o Duffy.