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| Boy, 15, admits backpacker murder | Boy, 15, admits backpacker murder |
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| A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to the murder of Orkney woman Karen Aim in New Zealand last year | A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to the murder of Orkney woman Karen Aim in New Zealand last year |
| Jah che Te Manawa Kaha Broughton, known as Shane, made a brief appearance in court and will be sentenced in Rotorua on 6 March. | Jah che Te Manawa Kaha Broughton, known as Shane, made a brief appearance in court and will be sentenced in Rotorua on 6 March. |
| Ms Aim, 26, died after a night out in the popular tourist resort of Taupo in January 2008. | Ms Aim, 26, died after a night out in the popular tourist resort of Taupo in January 2008. |
| She was unconscious when she was found and died afterwards in hospital as a result of head injuries. | She was unconscious when she was found and died afterwards in hospital as a result of head injuries. |
| Her parents were in court for the plea. | Her parents were in court for the plea. |
| Brian and Peggy Aim had travelled to New Zealand expecting to sit through a month-long trial. | Brian and Peggy Aim had travelled to New Zealand expecting to sit through a month-long trial. |
| After the guilty plea, Mr Aim said: "I would have been so proud to take Karen down the aisle in her wedding dress. Instead I took her down the aisle in her coffin. | After the guilty plea, Mr Aim said: "I would have been so proud to take Karen down the aisle in her wedding dress. Instead I took her down the aisle in her coffin. |
| "Jah che will never know how much he has taken from us in one moment's madness." | "Jah che will never know how much he has taken from us in one moment's madness." |
| Mr Aim said that the hearing had not been as traumatic as the moment the police came to the door of his house in Holm, Orkney, to tell him his daughter had been murdered. | Mr Aim said that the hearing had not been as traumatic as the moment the police came to the door of his house in Holm, Orkney, to tell him his daughter had been murdered. |
| She was snatched from us far too soon and we have to live with that Brian Aim The court hearing was the first time Mr Aim had seen the accused. | She was snatched from us far too soon and we have to live with that Brian Aim The court hearing was the first time Mr Aim had seen the accused. |
| Ms Aim's father said: "I guess this is all part of the process of bearing up to what has happened - a process which will be with us for the rest of our life." | |
| He said his daughter was "very bright" and "did so much in her 26 years". | |
| "She was snatched from us far too soon and we have to live with that," he said. | "She was snatched from us far too soon and we have to live with that," he said. |
| He thanked the people of New Zealand for their support and said the murder could have happened anywhere in the world. | He thanked the people of New Zealand for their support and said the murder could have happened anywhere in the world. |
| Broughton also pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to a separate attack on a 17-year-old girl in Taupo 12 days earlier. | Broughton also pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to a separate attack on a 17-year-old girl in Taupo 12 days earlier. |
| He was remanded in custody for sentencing. | He was remanded in custody for sentencing. |
| Mr Aim said he intended to stay on for the sentencing. | Mr Aim said he intended to stay on for the sentencing. |
| Police breakthrough | |
| Broughton was initially arrested in connection with a different attack but it was only two months later police got the breakthrough they needed to charge him with Miss Aim's murder. | Broughton was initially arrested in connection with a different attack but it was only two months later police got the breakthrough they needed to charge him with Miss Aim's murder. |
| The court heard that a police search of his home uncovered a camera similar to Miss Aim's, along with a handbag in an incinerator and a baseball bat with blood and glass embedded in it under the house. | The court heard that a police search of his home uncovered a camera similar to Miss Aim's, along with a handbag in an incinerator and a baseball bat with blood and glass embedded in it under the house. |
| Police said he beat her with the bat near the Taupo Nui a Tia College. | Police said he beat her with the bat near the Taupo Nui a Tia College. |
| Ms Aim was found only 100 metres from her home with critical head injuries and died soon afterwards in hospital. | Ms Aim was found only 100 metres from her home with critical head injuries and died soon afterwards in hospital. |
| She had been on her second visit to New Zealand after a three-month stay in 2006 and was working at a glass-blowing gallery in the resort town. | She had been on her second visit to New Zealand after a three-month stay in 2006 and was working at a glass-blowing gallery in the resort town. |