Murder accused Shaylene Wharerau in the High Court at Whangarei. Photo / APN
Murder accused Shaylene Wharerau in the High Court at Whangarei. Photo / APN
A pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination on a stabbed Whangarei teenager is likely to give evidence in the High Court at Whangarei today.
Dr Paul Morrow will be called as a Crown witness to testify in the trial of Shaylene Wharerau, 19, who's accused of murdering her boyfriendBrandon Panapa-Ripia during a domestic dispute in October 2012.
She allegedly stabbed him in the chest during a domestic dispute over a cellphone and access to a social media site.
