Latest on New Zealand "Assisted Suicide" Trial

Here's the latest on the trial of Sean Davison in NZ, where he's on trial after admitting he assisted in his mother's death.

A journalist has told a euthanasia trial in Dunedin how the accused admitted to her he helped his mother die.

After writing about her death in a book, Sean Davison is on trial at the High Court for the attempted murder of his terminally ill mother, Patricia Davison, in 2006.

Nicola Shepheard, who was a journalist with the Herald on Sunday newspaper at the time, told the jury she wrote an article about Professor Davison's confession after receiving an early manuscript of his book anonymously in the post. more