Greg King (lawyer)
Gregory James King was a New Zealand criminal defence lawyer and broadcaster. He was the creator and host of The Court Report, a weekly television programme dealing with contemporary legal issues. On the morning of 3 November 2012, King was found dead beside his car in Newlands, Wellington. He died by suicide, confirmed by the coroner’s report.
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Gregory James King was a New Zealand criminal defence lawyer and broadcaster. He was the creator and host of The Court Report, a weekly television programme dealing with contemporary legal issues. On the morning of 3 November 2012, King was found dead beside his car in Newlands, Wellington. He died by suicide, confirmed by the coroner’s report released in October 2013. The coroner revealed that King left a suicide note in which he described himself as ‘exhausted, unwell, depressed and haunted by the dead from his numerous homicide cases’ King was born in Whanganui and grew up in Turangi, where his father was a prison officer.
He studied law at the University of Otago, graduating in 1992. King was admitted to the bar on 14 May 1993 at Dunedin High Court. In 1996, King became the \”youngest New Zealand lawyer to appear as lead in a murder trial and over the rest of his career he represented over 50 clients who were charged with murder. He represented New Zealand as one of 32 pavilion hosts in the World Expo in Brisbane, Australia. His funeral was attended by 800 mourners from all walks of life.
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