A jury must decide if a young Christchurch mother was murdered in a contract killing, or if the man who admitted to her murder is a liar trying to make himself look better.
In 1995, 21-year old Angela Blackmoore was stabbed and beaten to death in her home, while her two-year-old son slept nearby.
One man, Jeremy Powell pleaded guilty to her murder in 2020, but David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum are now both on trial in the High Court in Christchurch also facing murder charges over the death.
Rachel Graham has been in court.
