The man accused of murdering a Christchurch carer last month can now be named.
He is 43-year-old Elliot Ajay Prakash.
Val Heaney, 64, was found dead on April 4 at her Bromley home in Christchurch while she was isolating with Covid-19.
It’s understood she ran her family home as a boarding house since the death of her husband some years earlier.
Friday marked Prakash’s first appearance in the High Court.
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His lawyer Kerry Cook sought a three-week remand without plea, until Prakash’s next appearance later this month.
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