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6 October 2026
Phillip Beale makes sudden plea at trial over mother Joan Beale’s Papatoetoe murder
After a Crown lawyer took Phillip Beale through photos of blood spattered through the house he shared with his elderly mum, and her injuries, the man stopped the trial and pleaded guilty.
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