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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1069/
- Published: 2024-10-11T17:30:42.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-11T17:30:41.000Z
- Description: Jovan Aroha Zachariah Pora, 22, was initially charged with the manslaughter of Katelyn Rua-Tuhou in the early hours of Boxing Day 2022.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Crime

> An up-and-coming rugby player who [kidnapped his girlfriend amid a drunken stoush](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jovan-pora-acquitted-of-boxing-day-manslaughter-of-katelyn-rua-tuaou-in-auckland-but-guilty-of-kidnapping/QRWZW2JFXNFFPKUS5RUB2DUUH4/?ref=goodoil.news) – described by a judge as a terrifying 15 minutes of captivity that ended with [her death on an Auckland motorway](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/man-charged-with-kidnapping-after-teen-girl-found-dead-on-auckland-motorway/4I5ZSFUFHBFKPFEOYZMMGZMZX4/?ref=goodoil.news) – has been sentenced to home detention instead of prison.  
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> Jovan Aroha Zachariah Pora, 22, was initially [charged with the manslaughter of Katelyn Rua-Tuhou](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/trial-begins-for-jovan-pora-accused-of-partner-katelyn-rua-tuhous-manslaughter-in-auckland/UXZ6B3FTW5BBZEYOJ6MBR52PKM/?ref=goodoil.news) in the early hours of Boxing Day 2022.  
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> The Crown argued during his trial in June that Rua-Tuhou had opened the door to Pora’s car as he drove along the South Western Motorway - resulting in the car swerving, hitting a barrier and her being fatally ejected from the vehicle – only because she feared for her safety inside the car.  
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> Jurors rejected the “fright-response” manslaughter allegation, acquitting Pora of that charge after the defence argued Rua-Tuhou had a history of opening doors in moving cars while intoxicated.  
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> NZ Herald

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