A jury has been told how the remains of Russell Allison’s body were found after a fire razed his wooden Whatatutu farmhouse to the ground during the early hours of January 25, 2013. He appeared to have been overcome by the blaze while trying to get out of bed to his walking frame.
John Simpson, chief of Te Karaka’s voluntary fire brigade for the past 22 years, was the Crown’s first witness ...
