A woman who was to stand trial for the murder of her daughter this week and was on the run after cutting off her electronic monitoring bracelet has been found.
Southern Thompson, 27, is accused of killing her 18-month-old daughter, Comfort Jay Thompson-Pene, between July 20 and July 23, 2018 at Tirau.
She had been on electronic-monitoring bail and was to appear in the High Court at Rotorua on Tuesday for trial.
However, on Thursday night last week, her electronic-monitoring bracelet was removed and she didn't attend court.
She faces four charges, including murder, injuring the child with intent to injure and two charges of ill-treating a child.