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Tony Worrell guilty of murder

NZPA November 6, 2009, 2:53 pm

A man accused of deliberately killing a woman by driving his car into hers has been found guilty of murder.

Tony Worrell, 50, of Swanson in West Auckland, was found guilty of four charges -- murder, causing grievous bodily harm and two charges of attempted intentional damage.

He was found not guilty of two further charges of attempted intentional damage.

All were majority verdicts.

Worrell broke down in tears as the guilty verdicts were delivered. He was remanded in custody until sentencing at the High Court in Auckland on December 18.

Katie Powles, 26, died when Worrell's car struck her vehicle in Karaka, south of Auckland, on June 3. Brett Robinson, who was driving another car, was also seriously injured.

During the trial in the High Court at Auckland, the Crown argued Worrell deliberately drove his car at speed into two other vehicles.

But Matthew Goodwin, defending Worrell, said he "did not have suicide on his mind that night".

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