Evidence suppressed in Marton murder case depositions

LAWYERS of a 42-year-old accused of murdering Marton grandmother Mona Morriss yesterday conceded there was a case to answer.
However, all evidence and the name of the Palmerston North woman were suppressed at the start of a depositions hearing in the Wanganui District Court.
Crown prosecutor Andrew Cameron said only seven of the 125 witnesses would give evidence in the hearing, before Justices of the Peace Maurice Brookie and Murray McNae, which is expected to finish today.
More than a dozen of Mrs Morriss' family were at the hearing, while none of the defendant's family was present. The accused sat expressionless throughout most of the first day of the hearing, apart from making notes.
Mrs Morriss was found dead by family members in her Marton flat on January 3, 2005.
The accused has been in custody since her arrest on May 9 this year.