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Thursday August 12, 2010
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A New Zealand woman died as a result of accidental drowning by way of manslaughter, Wellington regional coroner Ian Smith has found. His finding came almost a year after five members of the 22-year-old woman’s family were sentenced for their parts in her death, on October 12, 2007.
Saturday June 13, 2009
Exorcism: Cries rang out in an emotion-filled courtroom after a New Zealand High Court jury found five members of the family of a young woman guilty of her manslaughter during a curse lifting ceremony. The family performed an exorcism on Moses in October 2007, forcing water into her mouth and eyes to flush out demons and lift the makutu, or curse. Instead enough went into her lungs to drown her.
Thursday June 11, 2009
Exorcism: 
The fate of eight family members who took part in an exorcism ritual in which a young mother died after water was poured down her throat is in the hands of a jury. During the trial the New Zealan Crown called over 60 witnesses to give evidence against the accused. The Defence did not call a single one, instead using cross-examination to find flaws in the evidence.
Monday May 18, 2009
Exorcism: Janet Moses die in October 2007, when she drowned as a result of the accused pouring water into her mouth and over her face during a ceremony to “cleanse” her. An expert in Tainui iwi culture told the jury that the water-based cleansing ceremony was misguided, misinformed and mistaken. He indicated the family’s actions had no cultural basis and was totally foreign to him.
Monday May 4, 2009
Exorcism: A New Zealand family drowned a young mother by pouring water down her throat during a Maori exorcism, a court heard today. Janet Moses, 22, died after family members poured water down her throat and into her eyes in an attempt to lift a curse on her, the High Court in Wellington, the capital, was told.
Wednesday August 13, 2008
Exorcism: The six women and three men, all members of Ms Moses’ extended family, will stand trial in the High Court at Wellington, jointly charged with manslaughter, after their five lawyers agreed they had a case to answer. Police say Ms Moses, 22, drowned in her grandparents’ home in October last year after she was allegedly held down and had water poured down her throat to lift a makutu, or Maori curse, as up to 40 family members watched.
Friday December 14, 2007
Exorcism: The paternal family of Janet Moses say it is a relief that those accused of her death have been arrested and charged. Two months to the day since Ms Moses died in an exorcism ceremony, six women and three men appeared in Lower Hutt District Court jointly charged with her manslaughter.
Exorcism:
Nine family members have been charged with the manslaughter of the 22-year-old after she died two months ago during a curse lifting ceremony known as makatu lifting.
Wednesday December 12, 2007
Exorcism: There were angry scenes on Wednesday as nine people appeared in court charged with the death of a woman in a curse-lifting ceremony.
Wednesday November 28, 2007
Exorcism: Detectives have begun a murder inquiry after a young mother died and a teenage girl had her eyes gouged by relatives during a Maori exorcism.
Thursday November 15, 2007
Exorcism: A woman died after being held down while water was forced down her throat and syringed into her eyes in an exorcism ritual, it was reported today.
Tuesday November 13, 2007
Exorcism: A 22-year-old woman died during an exorcism ritual in New Zealand, drowning at a relative’s home as up to 40 family members looked on, police said today.
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