12 Mar 2017

Murder charge after Hamilton death

7:05 am on 12 March 2017

A woman has been arrested and charged with murder after a man was killed in Hamilton.

Police said the man, 55, was killed at about 11pm last night at a flat in Te Aroha Street, Claudelands.

A 61-year-old woman was arrested overnight and will stay in police custody until Monday morning, when she would appear in Hamilton District Court, police said.

An investigation into the man's death was continuing.