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7 Auckland U. L. Rev. 54 (1992-1995)
Hung Juries in Light of the Plumley Walker Trials

handle is hein.journals/auck7 and id is 70 raw text is: In February 1989 the body of Peter Plumley Walker was found floating in the Waikato River, not far from Huka Falls. His wrists and ankles were bound, his buttocks bruised. The state of decomposition suggested that the body had been in the water for about a week. Searches of Plumley Walker's flat led police to the Remuera address of Renee Chignell and Neville Walker. When initially questioned by the police, both Chignell and Walker denied knowing the deceased. However, after the discovery of a security video which the police said showed the duo with Plumley Walker's car, Chignell admitted that Plumley Walker had attended a bondage and discipline session at her flat. She was charged with murder on 16 February. In late April, Walker admitted to throwing Plumley Walker's body over Huka Falls and he too was arrested and charged with murder. The first trial commenced in November 1989. The Crown alleged that Plumley Walker had gone to the flat on the afternoon of 27 January 1989 and had been tied up at the wrists and ankles before being chained to a wall. Neville Walker then beat the deceased with his fists and an iron bar. After a short interruption, Plumley Walker was taken down, walked to his car and driven to Huka Falls. Once there, his wrists and ankles were bound, and he was thrown into the falls alive. Chignell claimed that Plumley Walker requested her to tie his hands up tightly, put a rope around his neck, and put a dog-collar on him, pulling the chains so tight that he had to stand on tiptoe. Returning to the room after a coffee break, she found * BA Hung Juries in Light of the Plumley Walker Trials Jan Caunter*

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