Craig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·3 Sep, 2026 11:00 PM6 mins to readWaiuku resident Bevan Cathcart appears in the High Court at Auckland in May 2025, one month after he was charged with the murder of Judith Rose Cunniffe outside her rural South Auckland home. Photo / Michael Craig
It can now be revealed that an irate dog owner who went on trial last month for the savage fatal beating of a chicken rescuer – followed by degrading treatment of her corpse – was allowed to keep his identity secret because he had unrelated charges of strangulation and other






