Murder trial jury shown basketball gorilla video
A murder trial has been shown footage of a person in a gorilla suit walking through people throwing balls around to illustrate an argument about inattention.
The footage, taken from a university study, was shown at the trial in the High Court at Auckland of Christopher Shadrock, who is accused of murdering Manukau businesswoman Joanne Wang in 2008.
Ms Wang, 39, received a head injury about 3:30pm on June 16, 2008 after being struck by a car driven by Shadrock, who allegedly snatched her handbag in the Manukau shopping mall carpark. She died the following day.
The crown alleges Shadrock, having snatched the handbag, tried to back away from a chasing Ms Wang but then chose to drive forward into her to get away when his path behind was blocked, thus killing her.
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