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| Born | 17 September 1969 Whanganui |
| Died | 2 or 3 November 2012 (aged 43) Wellington |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Occupation | Criminal defence lawyer |
| Spouse | Catherine Milnes |
Gregory James King (17 September 1969 – 2 or 3 November 2012) was a New Zealand criminal defence lawyer. He was counsel in more than 40 murder cases including some of New Zealand's most high profile murder trials.
In 1999 King was counsel in R v Rongonui 2 NZLR 385, which altered the landscape of the partial defence of provocation.
In 2003, in conjunction with trial lawyer Mike Antunovic, King unsuccessfully took the Scott Watson case to the Privy Council in London seeking leave to appeal his convictions for double murder. He took the John Barlow double murder conviction to the Privy Council in 2009, but was similarly unsuccessful.
King was named Barrister of the Year in 2007.
In 2009 King assisted Judith Ablett-Kerr in the defence of Clayton Weatherston for the murder of Sophie Elliott.
In 2012, King successfully defended Ewen MacDonald on the charge of murdering his brother-in-law Scott Guy.
King was born in Whanganui and raised in Turangi, where his father was a prison officer. He was head boy at Tongariro High School in 1987. On the morning of 3 November 2012, King was found dead beside his car in Newlands, Wellington. His death has been referred to the coroner and is a suspected suicide.
References
- ^ "The friend of the friendless". stuff.co.nz. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Lawyer Greg King found dead". The New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- "Privy Council rejects Watson case". Television New Zealand. November 6, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- "Barlow loses final murder appeal". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. July 9, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- "Former clients speak highly of Greg King". 3 News. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- "Weatherston's lawyer victim of hate campaign". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- Ensor, Blair; Cooke, Michelle (3 November 2012). "High-profile lawyer Greg King found dead". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- Shadwell, Talia (5 November 2012). "Tributes for Greg King". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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