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A depositions hearing has begun in Marton District Court for a man accused of murdering a woman in Wanganui.
Karl James Copley Lane allegedly killed Nadine Timmins with a single shot to the head as they sat in a car on June 29.
He faces charges of murder, kidnapping, committing a crime with a firearm and unlawful possession of a pistol, The Wanganui Chronicle reported.
Crown prosecutor Lance Rowe alleged Lane was travelling in a car on June 29 with Ms Timmins, two other women and a man.
The driver, one of the women, pulled up in Kowhai St, where she and the second woman got out to use a toilet .
While they waited, police alleged that Lane asked Ms Timmins a question and, when she replied, he called her a liar and shot her in the head, in the left temple.
Lane had then allegedly driven around for a while before driving to Keith St, where he parked the vehicle, leaving it locked with Ms Timmins in the back seat.
She was found at midday the following day and taken to Wanganui Hospital, where she died an hour-and-a-half later.
Lane was found at a Turangi camping area two days later, on July 1.
He told police that he hadn't meant to shoot her and that it had been an accident.
The deposition hearing continues in Wanganui District Court today until the middle of next week.
- NZPA
