TWO MEN ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING AND BITING GAY MAN TO DEATH

Gads, this is awful.

Two New Zealand men (pictured top) are accused of beating to death a gay 'friend' (btm. photo), then biting chunks out of his body.


An unusual murder trial has begun in Palmerston North with the victim, a gay man, allegedly both beaten and bitten to death.

The Crown says Andre Gilling (17) and Ashley Arnopp (21) took part in a frenzied attack that saw some of the victim Stanley Waipouri's ear and genitalia bitten off.

Police say Gilling had blood on his mouth and clothes.

The Crown claims the men were high on a mix of party pills and alcohol at the time.


Arnopp subsequently plead guilty of the crime he says was motivated by a debt:


In a statement given to Sergeant Steve Braybrook, Arnopp admitted to killing his "friend" during an angry, adrenalin-fuelled rage over money owed to him.

A fight began between the pair, deteriorating into an attack on Mr Waipouri over about an hour leading to his death.

A post mortem examination revealed Mr Waipouri died from head and neck injuries but had no defensive injuries.


The trial of Andre Gilling, who claims he had never met Stanley Waipouri until that night, continues.