The killers of 25 year old Angelina Edwards were sentenced today in the Auckland High Court.

The “principle offender, Moana Filimoehala, has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for the death of the mentally ill woman in south Auckland’s Mangere suburb.

Angelina Edwards died after suffering peritonitis following repeated beatings, virtual enslavement, neglect and food deprivation at the home of Filimoehala and that of her husband.

Four others, including Filimoehala's husband, daughter, and sons were also sentenced after being found guilty on a variety of charges relating to Ms Edwards' death. Their sentences ranged from four to ten years.

Justice Laurenson said it was the worst case of manslaughter the country has seen.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>