Island murder trial

A NEW ZEALAND man accused of committing the first murder in 150 years on Australia’s remote Norfolk Island was flown to the isolated Pacific isle yesterday to face a pre-trial hearing.

Mon, 07 Aug, 2006 - 01:00

Glenn McNeill, 28, was arrested in New Zealand in February and charged with murdering 29-year-old Janelle Patton on March 31, 2002.

The former penal colony, 1,900 kilometres north-east of Sydney, had not seen a murder in a century and a half.

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Courts Crime Place: New Zealand Place: Australia Place: Norfolk Island Place: Pacific isle Person: Glenn McNeill Person: Janelle Patton

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