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Christchurch detective Luke Fazackerley is accused of having an intimate relationship with a woman he met when she reported being raped to police. Photo / Supplied
The Queensland Police Service withdrew Luke Fazackerley‘s job offer while the allegations were looked into.
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Want to know which high-achieving high schools are close to affordable housing? Photo / NZME
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Philip Polkinghorne leaves the Auckland High Court after the not guilty verdict. Photo / Dean Purcell
The eye surgeon was acquitted of wife Pauline Hanna’s murder in an eight-week trial in 2024. Carolyne Meng-Yee continues to cover the case, in April obtaining secret recordings in which Polkinghorne’s lover Madison Ashton said she believed he killed his wife to be with her.
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