A convicted killer who was stabbed to death by his girlfriend had spent six years in jail for his part in the brutal murder of Beverly Bouma in Reporoa.
Dillon Hitaua was the high-profile killer who died last month after being stabbed at the remote Matahi Valley home he shared with his partner of 15 years, Leigh Ann Tamati.
Tamati stabbed him in the leg on August 17, causing him to bleed to death. She was charged with murdering Hitaua but this week pleaded guilty in Whakatane to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Name suppression for both lapsed on Wednesday.
Hitaua is the second of four people involved in Mrs Bouma's killing to meet an early untimely death. David "Blue" Poumako died in prison of a heart attack in 2001.
- NZPA
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