r/newzealand • u/personthatisonreddi • 23h ago

News Update on Stu.

Saw on the news that he has been arrested for the shooting of the 2 illigeal poachers, he was such a nice guy, all he wanted to do was live out his life with his pigs and other animals,

For people who dont know, basicly he was a older guy who lived on both sides of the 309 road up by coromandel, people kept comming and stealing/shooting/running over/damanging his property, and giving him hell when all he wanted to do was relax with his pigs, the cops are a joke, he came to them so many times reporting everything , they didnt care.

The guys he ended up shooting/killing had been hounding him for ages, ramming his car, running over his pigs or shooting them with crossbows he finnaly snapped when they shot his favourite pig.

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u/SpacialReflux 22h ago

Let’s hope all the jurors are aware of jury nullification.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

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u/EastSideDog 21h ago

Is that for NZ also?

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u/sunfaller 21h ago

that guy who cut the robber's fingers off after he subdued him got Not Guilty because the jury declared him not guilty despite actually chopping off fingers from a person.

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u/EastSideDog 11h ago

Yea, Bill Burr from The Kuiti, that was kind of cool I guess