Ric StevensOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·17 Jul, 2026 12:49 AM6 mins to readHomeless man Boy Taylor (inset left) died on Emerson St in central Napier in the early hours of December 18, 2024. Four men (inset right) were tried in relation to his death. The sister of a homeless man beaten and kicked to death on the street has spoken of her “unbearable grief” but expressed forgiveness for his four killers.
Boy Taylor, 58, died where he fell after the attack, which lasted more than two minutes, on Emerson St in Napier in the
