A jury in the High Court at Hamilton today continues its deliberations into whether the actions of Cory Jefferies were murder or manslaughter.
Although Jefferies, 46, has admitted killing his partner of 26 years and mother of their three children Kim Richmond, he says it was unintentional and he should only be guilty of manslaughter.
But Crown prosecutor Ross Douch told the jury of five men and seven women on Thursday during his closing submissions they were the actions of an angry and jealous partner who didn't like the fact Richmond wanted to leave him.
Defence counsel Tom Sutcliffe submitted there was not enough evidence to prove his client was guilty of murder and previous threats to kill were simply a "figure of speech".
Justice Sally Fitzgerald summed up all the evidence for the jury on Friday and sent them out to begin deliberations at 10.41am.
