13 Feb 2024

Teacher charged with Wellington murder appears in court

10:40 am on 13 February 2024
Police continuing with their investigation at Baroda Street in Khandallah where a 79-year-old woman was found dead.

Police at Baroda Street in Khandallah. Photo: RNZ / Ashleigh McCaull

The woman charged with last month's murder of Wellington woman Helen Gregory has appeared in court.

Gregory, 79, was found dead in her Baroda Street Khandallah home on 24 January.

A 52-year-old Paraparaumu-based teacher has been charged with her murder, after she was arrested on Monday.

The woman has been granted interim name suppression by the court.

She has been remanded in custody until a hearing next month.

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