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Yesterday the jury heard a covert recording of Hanna.
Jurors visit Remuera home where Pauline Hanna died
Jury in murder trial of Philip Polkinghorne visits home where Pauline Hanna died.
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The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
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Listen in full: Covert recording of wife Pauline Hanna describing surgeon husband as 'sex fiend'
The recording made of Hanna by a relative when she visited their Hawkes Bay property, in which Hanna describes Polkinghorne as a 'sex fiend', was played to the jury in court.
Gore toddler's death staged to look like an accident, ex-detective says
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