Clayton Weatherston's parents say their son is an honest person and they believe his account of his relationship with Sophie Elliott.
Killers will no longer be able to claim they were provoked into committing their crime under a law change the government is planning.
Murderer Clayton Weatherston has reportedly been moved into an at-risk prison unit after a bounty was put on his head.
Lesley Elliott has a message of support to share with young men and women who, like her murdered daughter Sophie, find themselves in abusive relationships. She spoke to Debbie Porteous.
The transfer of high-profile Dunedin cases to the High Court at Christchurch has been questioned by University of Otago dean of law Prof Mark Henaghan.
Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston should spend the rest of his days behind bars, say his victim's family, but his parents maintain he was provoked into killing his ex-girlfriend.
The Corrections Department is to lay a formal complaint with TV3 over a journalist who visited Clayton Weatherston in jail.
Clayton Weatherston's father frantically searched for his car at the University of Otago, and went to the Elliotts' home in Ravensbourne, after his wife heard on the radio of an incident in the suburb with people who fitted the ages of their son and Sophie Elliott.
The reasons why the Clayton Weatherston trial was transferred have not been released, but those for moving the trial of Colin Bouwer and the retrial of David Bain, both by Justice Graham Panckhurst, have been. Elspeth McLean reports.
Recent cases have highlighted the challenges modern digital media present to traditional laws of "contempt" - which govern what can and cannot be published before and during trials. Debbie Porteous examines the issues.
Prison guards say they cannot guarantee the safety of convicted killer Clayton Weatherston while he serves his sentence for the murder of Sophie Elliott.
Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston faces a harsh introduction to prison life where his crime and superior demeanour are likely to make him a target for rough justice, a criminologist says.
The jury in the Clayton Weatherston murder trial has retired for the night and will continue its deliberations tomorrow at 9:30am.
The Weatherston family gave an emotional statement outside the High Court at Christchurch after Clayton Weatherston was found guilty yesterday of the murder of Sophie Elliott.
After days in the witness box, it was still clear that Clayton Robert Weatherston did not understand how much trouble he was in, writes David Clarkson.
Sophie Elliott's mother said the Clayton Weatherston trial brought back the horror of the attack that killed her 22-year-old daughter in Dunedin last year.
International economics academics have praised the work of slain Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott, saying she had a "beautiful mind" and an exciting career ahead of her.
Clayton Weatherston will serve a minimum non-parole period of at least 10 years, but it could be more, according to a legal expert.
If Clayton Weatherston had any underlying psychological issues, he kept them well hidden at high school, a former school friend says.
His performance while on trial for the horrific murder of Sophie Elliott made him the subject of a nation's vitriol, yet through it all, Clayton Weatherston appeared oblivious.