A 12-year-old girl found seriously injured at an alleged murder scene in Wellington is now in a stable condition after surgery.
The girl was found in the same upstairs bedroom as the body of a 52-year-old woman at a property in Lemnos Ave, in the suburb of Karori, on Friday afternoon.
A 30-year-old man was charged with murder when he appeared at the Wellington District Court on Saturday. He has interim name suppression.
The girl had surgery in Wellington Hospital overnight on Friday for injuries that police have not specified.
Capital & Coast District Health Board told the New Zealand Herald this morning the girl was now in a stable condition in a ward.
A homicide investigation was launched on Friday evening. Police were alerted to the incident about 1.10pm, and found the woman's body on arrival.
Police have said they were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.
The accused is alleged to have killed the woman between April 4 and 5. He was remanded without plea to reappear in the High Court at Wellington on April 30.
Police said the accused lived on Lemnos Ave, and was known to the victims but not related to them.
The woman and girl did not live at the property, but knew one of the occupants.
