Twins' mother said she didn't 'give a shit' - witness

Macsyna King

The mother of critically injured twins Chris and Cru Kahui told a hospital nurse she didn't "give a shit" and was going after being told her sons may need more surgery, Manukau District Court was told today.

The evidence was presented in a statement from Child Youth and Family (CYF) caregiver Kaufoou Fifita.

She was expected to give the evidence herself today but the court was told she was too sick to attend and an affidavit from her was produced instead.

Ms Fifita said she was at Auckland's Starship Hospital along with twins' mother Macsyna King and a nurse on the evening of June 13 last year acting as a watcher for CYF.

Ms King was told how ill her children were and was offered a bed at Ronald McDonald House to be near them.

Ms Fifita said she was near the door of the hospital room when she heard the nurse say to the mother more surgery may be needed "and we need you here and will find you a bed".

In the affidavit, Ms Fifita said she heard the mother reply: "I don't give a shit. I'm going. I need my sleep."

In a rare move, defence lawyers for the twins' father Chris Kahui sought to have the evidence included at his depositions hearing to decide whether he should stand trial for their murder.

The prosecution say the three-month-old twins were killed either by a blow to their heads or by having their heads bashed against a solid object.

Their father was charged with their murder four months after they died.

Chris and Cru Kahui were admitted to Middlemore Hospital on June 13 last year and died in Starship Children's Hospital five days later.

- NZPA