Jury in Worrell crash murder case retires to consider verdict

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03p.m.

Tony Worrell is accused of murdering Katie Powels by intentionally driving his car into hers

Tony Worrell is accused of murdering Katie Powels by intentionally driving his car into hers

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a woman by deliberately driving his car into her vehicle has retired to consider its verdicts today.

Tony Worrell, 50, of Swanson in west Auckland, has denied murdering Katie Powles, 26, who died when Worrell's car smashed into her vehicle in Karaka, south of Auckland, on June 3.

He also denies causing grievous bodily harm to another motorist whose car he crashed into, and four charges of attempted intentional damage.

Justice Pamela Andrews summed up the case in the High Court in Auckland this morning.

"The main issues for you to consider are whether Worrell's actions were deliberate or involuntary. Did he drive deliberately at cars or did he lose control?" she told the jurors.

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05 Nov 2009 12:53p.m.

Kevin wrote:

Worrell's defence is that he was suffering a hypoglycaemic attack, but if that was the case he would be disoriented and swerving all over the place, yet witnesses gave evidence to say he deliberately swerved into ocoming traffic and aimed his car at the other vehicles. The jury were also told he was more than twice the legal limit to be driving. So how does a hypoglycaemic attack give you an alcohol reading twice the legal limit? The answer is --- it doesn't. This guy is a murdering bastard and he deserves to go behind bars for the rest of his life.