An inquest into the brutal murder of a Colombian woman in her Christchurch flat by a man released on parole just 72 days earlier will begin today.

A Colombian national “roped” into importing cocaine while working on a New Zealand farm has lost her fight to avoid a conviction.

Herrera, 37, was attacked and stabbed to death in her Addington flat by neighbour who was on parole.

Non-profit organization Accion Tecnica Social runs supervised drug consumption room named Cambie (or Change in English) in ...

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