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| Boy sentenced to life for murder | Boy sentenced to life for murder |
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| A New Zealand teenager has been jailed for life for the murder of a British woman. | A New Zealand teenager has been jailed for life for the murder of a British woman. |
| Jah che Broughton, 15, who admitted the murder of Karen Aim, from Orkney, is the youngest New Zealander to receive a life sentence. | Jah che Broughton, 15, who admitted the murder of Karen Aim, from Orkney, is the youngest New Zealander to receive a life sentence. |
| Ms Aim, 26, died in hospital after she was attacked in the North Island resort of Taupo on 17 January, 2008. | Ms Aim, 26, died in hospital after she was attacked in the North Island resort of Taupo on 17 January, 2008. |
| At the High Court in Rotorua Broughton was ordered to serve at least 12-and-a-half years in jail. | At the High Court in Rotorua Broughton was ordered to serve at least 12-and-a-half years in jail. |
| Karen Aim, a graduate in printed textiles from Dundee University, had been doing design work for Marks & Spencer before heading to New Zealand in 2006. | |
| She returned home to save for a year-long trip to the country which began on 21 October 2007. | |
| On the night of her murder she had been out with friends when her body was found by police called to investigate vandalism at a College in Taupo. | |
| A post-mortem examination revealed she died of head injuries inflicted with a baseball bat which was later found under Broughton's house. |