Sam Sherwood

@SamSherwoodNZ

National Crime Correspondent for RNZ. Reporter of the Year 2024. Contact me on Signal and WhatsApp +64275739556 email [email protected]

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 16

Fifty years before he murdered Christchurch pensioner Faye Phelps, Elliot Cameron also killed his brother. Emails obtained exclusively by RNZ reveal that for more than a decade, he had been warning what could happen without proper mental health support. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Years before he murdered Christchurch pensioner Faye Phelps, Elliot Cameron killed his brother, it can be revealed. Emails obtained by RNZ show his fears about being released.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 23

Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura has retired, RNZ understands. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Kura had been in the police for decades and was the first ever female Police Commissioner.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 20

The police commissioner has emailed staff saying he is aware there are many who are "angry and feel let down" following revelations that child exploitation and bestiality material were allegedly found on the former deputy commissioner's work devices. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. In an email Richard Chambers sent to staff he addressed the media reports "in relation to an individual".

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 18

Child exploitation and bestiality material were allegedly found on former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's work devices, it can now be revealed. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Jevon McSkimming resigned as Deputy Police Commissioner in May.

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Dotun Akintoye@YNGNKL · Jul 16

I wrote about Joel. espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 13

Corrections' double-bunking processes are being examined as part of independent investigations following two suspected inmate murders in nine months. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. The deaths of two inmates in double-bunked cells means the process will be examined part of the independent Corrections Inspectorate's death in custody investigations.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 8

The Mt Eden prisoner killed last month and the cellmate who's been accused of his murder were both known to mental health services, it can be revealed. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. The pair shouldn't have been put in the same cell and Corrections "failed miserably", the victim's father says.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 7

A mother and her then partner who were jailed for neglecting a four-year-old boy who died after suffering "non-accidental" head and bowel injuries were initially arrested on suspicion of murder, it can be revealed. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Ashton Cresswell died after what was deemed "non-accidental" head and bowel injuries, with 65 bruises across his body.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 6

A mental health patient was not drug tested on the day he committed his second killing because the staffer believed he was "acting cagey", his father alleges. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jul 3

Mental health minister briefed on death of baby found in bin rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. A 32-year-old woman has been charged with interfering with human remains.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 27

Two Chilean brothers were arrested at an Auckland hotel overnight after allegedly importing about 6 kilograms of cocaine into New Zealand last weekend. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. The men, one aged 34 and the other 26, are jointly charged with importing cocaine into New Zealand on 21 June.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 23

What happened to Leonie? A family’s seven year wait for answers rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Malanena Emery is frustrated no-one has been held responsible for her daughter's disappearance, and desperate for closure.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 21

32-0!!!!!

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 19

A senior police officer who admitted to beating his children with a belt is the subject of another "employment process," police have confirmed. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. A senior police officer who admitted to beating his children with a belt is the subject of another "employment process," police have confirmed.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 18

A man whose wife was murdered by a forensic mental health patient three years ago has not heard from authorities for more than a year and says his family feels "forgotten". rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. A man whose wife was murdered by a forensic mental health patient three years ago has not heard from authorities for more than a year and says his family feels "forgotten".

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 17

An investigation into the former deputy police commissioner led to concerns that staff could bypass internal controls and "exploit vulnerabilities to access inappropriate content," documents reveal. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. An investigation into former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming led to concerns staff could bypass internal controls and "exploit vulnerabilities to access inappropriate content," documents reveal.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 16

The public "deserves an inquiry" into the forensic mental health system, says the Chief Victims Advisor, after revelations an elderly mental health patient who murdered a pensioner killed his brother 50 years ago. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. The call follows revelations an elderly patient who murdered a pensioner had killed his brother 50 years ago, and had warned he might do it again.

Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 10

The mother of a young man who died after suffering what he thought was an allergic reaction at a mental health respite facility says she's heartbroken and devastated. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Paula Brown is waiting for answers about what happened to her son at a respite facility before he died of cardiac arrest.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 9

An elderly mental health patient who murdered a pensioner at her Christchurch home says he's "extremely sorry that I've done what I did", but does not recall doing it. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. Frances Phelps was a kind and generous soul loved by all who met her, her daughter has told a court at Elliot Cameron's sentencing.

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Sam Sherwood@SamSherwoodNZ · Jun 9

An elderly man says he is being treated as the prime suspect in the decades-old cold case killing of David Robinson. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

SamSherwoodNZ's tweet card. "We're old age pensioners who aren't breaking any laws and never have," says a man who feels he is the prime suspect in a decades-old cold case.