Kahui twins suffered months of abuse, inquest told

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Tue, 28 Jun 2011 6:36a.m.

Macsyna King has written a tell-all book on the incident

Macsyna King has written a tell-all book on the incident

The Kahui twins inquest has heard how the three-month-old boys may have suffered several episodes of violent abuse before they died.

The twins were admitted to hospital with fatal head injuries, but also had multiple rib fractures that were at least two weeks old at the time of death. One of the boys also had a broken leg.

An international panel of four medical experts agreed that the babies also showed signs of dehydration and hadn’t been fed for more than 12 hours when they were taken to hospital.

The babies’ father Chris Kahui was acquitted of their murders in 2008.

Their mother, Macsyna King has written a tell-all book on the incident, which is set to be released after the inquest.

3 News reporter Emma Brannam has been following the inquest, and spoke to Firstline this morning about the testimony from medical experts and what Coroner Garry Evans will be hoping to achieve.

"It's his job to try and establish why the babies died and come up with recommendations to stop it happening again," she says.

Watch the video for the full interview

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29 Jun 2011 10:37a.m.

bronwyn williamson wrote:

Her book tittle should be [How to not feed my babies break a leg, ribs then kill them The sequel should be HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER IN NEW ZEALAND. When is she being sterilzed and lynched along with the rest of the family.I want to come..

28 Jun 2011 12:01p.m.

Mouthguard wrote:

Ah, more thoughtful insight from Alien I see. How is the job hunting going? I don't consider the conspiracy to subvert justice around the killing of two infants to be "nothing" Alien. I guess you are still a little upset about me challenging your opinion in the past. Well, tough. I'll flog a fool when I see one.

28 Jun 2011 09:58a.m.

Alien wrote:

oh grow a brain mouthguard, every well known crime draws people writing books and articles and doing tv specials about them. the insult is people like you that blow things that are nothing into something to appease your stupidity.

28 Jun 2011 09:49a.m.

Te Rina wrote:

The police should get an injuction and have all the profits from the sale of the book go towards the police investigation into the twins murder. Why did this woman tell the police everything when her little boys died???????? Shes just out to make money off such a tragic situation. Her twins hadnt even been fed in the 12 hours previous to them being MURDERED. Someone needs to be held responsible for their deaths.

28 Jun 2011 08:56a.m.

Mouthguard wrote:

I heard the odious Wishart peddling his book this morning on the radio. Tell all? Why didn't she tell the police all? This is just profiteering from the murder of two innocent children. Wishart has as much blood on his hands as all of those that knew what was happening and did nothing, and then kept silent. What an insult to the memory of those poor boys this all is.