Kahui twins' inquest to begin today

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An inquest into the deaths of three-month-old twins Chris and Cru Kahui four years ago opens in Auckland today, more than four years after one of the most controversial murders in New Zealand's legal history.

Their father, Chris Kahui, was found not guilty of their of their murders but no one else has been charged.

After his acquittal in 2008 Kahui's lawyer Lorraine Smith accused the twins' mother Macsyna King of killing the twins.

Two rewards totalling $50,000 failed to bring in fresh information which police said was needed to charge anyone else with the murders.

Earlier this year the policeman heading the inquiry into the deaths of the infants, Detective Inspector John Tims said there was not enough evidence to support a prosecution of Macsyna King.

Soon after the two boys died police accused the Kahui family of withholding information. They said the "tight 12" who had access to the three-month-old boys in the few days before they died had refused to co-operate with police.

The twins died in Auckland's Starship Hospital in June 2006 after being admitted with head injuries.

Ms Smith said earlier this year the inquest would bring closure for Kahui.

Chris Kahui is expected to give evidence at the inquest.

- NZPA