Ben TomsettMultimedia Journalist - Dunedin, NZ Herald·NZ Herald·1 Jul, 2026 12:11 AM4 mins to read‌Aaron Templeton, 21, has been sentenced in the High Court at Invercargill to one year’s imprisonment. Photo / Ben TomsettA Southland man who killed his best friend in a drink-driving crash after a “series of calculated decisions” has been jailed for two years and seven months.

Aaron John Templeton, 21, was sentenced in the High Court at Invercargill on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to

of 20-year-old Jack Stephens and driving with excess blood alcohol causing injury to his cousin Morgan Stephens.