

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)


Jordan Nelson shot his care-giver in the back of the head
while she worked on a jigsaw puzzle.
(Robert Charles/Fairfax NZ)

Jordan Nelson

Jordan Nelson

Jordan Nelson

The property in the small Taranaki settlement of Uenui where a
woman was shot.
(Photo / Rob Tucker)
The victim

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)