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Jordan Nelson, 13, pleads guilty in the High Court
at New Plymouth to the murder of his
caregiver, 50-year-old Rosemaree Kurth.
(Cameron Burnell/Fairfax NZ)
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Jordan Nelson shot his care-giver in the back of the head
while she worked on a jigsaw puzzle.
(Robert Charles/Fairfax NZ)
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Jordan Nelson
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Jordan Nelson
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The property in the small Taranaki settlement of Uenui where a
woman was shot.
(Photo / Rob Tucker)
The victim
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Rosemaree Kurth said it wasn’t always easy looking after her
partner’s ‘‘grandson’’, Jordan Nelson, but
she still did "all the
things that you would normally do for a child who was living in your
care''.
(Andy Jackson/FairfaxNZ)