Woman who failed to help murdered teen avoids jail

Christchurch teenager Hayden Miles. Photo / Supplied

An 18-year-old woman who failed to help Christchurch teenager Hayden Miles on the night he died has avoided jail.

Nicolette Vaux-Phillips had name suppression lifted at the High Court in Christchurch today when she was sentenced to one year's home detention.

She had earlier admitted a charge of being an accessory after the fact to culpable homicide.

Gavin Gosnell, 27, has been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Hayden in August last year and will stand trial later this year