A man admitted kicking paedophile Glen Stinson until "his eyes popped out", his wife told a depositions hearing yesterday.
Mr Stinson's battered body was found dumped in the driveway of a poultry farm in Wylie Road, Foxton, in late July.
Bruce Tamatea, 46, and Aubrey Harrison, 27, and
a Palmerston North solo mother, 32, who has name suppression, are jointly accused of murdering Mr Stinson.
The woman, who is also accused of kidnapping and assaulting Mr Stinson, pleaded not guilty yesterday and was remanded in custody until February 5. The depositions case against the two men continues today.
Tamatea's wife Christine told Palmerston North District Court yesterday her husband had admitted "kicking (Stinson) till his eyes popped out".
She also heard Harrison say that that was what happened to paedophiles.
Mr Stinson's partner of three months, Lesley Moana, told the court she found Stinson in a room with the solo mother's young daughter.
The lights were off, and Stinson was sitting with the girl on his knee on the bed.
"I was a bit angry at Glen. I called him a kiddie f...er. I didn't see him touching her or anything. I didn't like the thought he had someone else's child on his knee," she said.
After the girl went downstairs, her mother began abusing Mr Stinson for touching her daughter, and hit him on the head.
Stinson was later bundled into a car by a group of people, including Tamatea, Ms Moana said.
"I thought Glen was just going to get a hiding," she told the court.
The next day the mother, Tamatea and Harrison returned to the house, apologised and said Mr Stinson would not be coming back.
Stinson, 57, had a history of sex offences against young girls dating back to 1967, and had been due to appear in Palmerston North District Court on charges that went back several years - including the attempted rape of a girl under 12.
At the yesterday's hearing, the mother pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded in custody until February 5.
The hearing continues today.
- NZPA
