Philip Polkinghorne in court ahead of coronial inquest for wife Pauline Hanna’s death

Former murder defendant Philip Polkinghorne appeared in an Auckland courtroom for a procedural hearing related to the coronial inquest into his wife, Pauline Hanna’s death. He expressed willingness to testify if deemed necessary, following his acquittal last September, where jurors suggested doubts about his account, while his lawyers maintained Hanna’s death was a suicide linked to her struggles with depression and a stressful job.

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