Hayden Brent McKenzie of Wesport on the West Coast of the South Island was in court yesterday on charges of murder. McKenzie and Leighton Brian Wilding of Nelson are alleged to have killed homosexual James “Janis” Bamborough after a party in 1999. McKenzie’s mother testified against him in court, saying he was influenced by white supremacist views, and that she had been threatened by Wilding to keep quiet about the murder. McKenzie has the words “Die Nigger, Die” tattoed on his forehead.

McKenzie also made the news in 2002, with a 12 month prison sentance for threatening to shoot his then-girlfriend and her dog, after she revealed to him that she had been having sex with the dog while he had been in a 5 week drug rehab program.