Khandallah Murder Trial: Daughter Found Guilty of Killing Elderly Mum

Julia DeLuney found guilty of murdering her mother, Helen Gregory, in Khandallah

The Wellington woman has been standing trial, accused of killing her mother Helen Gregory and staging the scene to look like an accident.

Khandallah murder trial: Daughter found guilty of killing elderly mum

A daughter accused of murdering her elderly mother and staging the scene to make it look like an accident has been found guilty. Julia DeLuney, 53, has been...

Julia DeLuney found guilty of mother’s murder

The jury agreed DeLuney killed Helen Gregory in a “frenzied”, financially motivated attack ‒ before staging the scene to make it appear as though Gregory had suffered a fall.

Wellington woman found guilty of murdering elderly mother - Daily Telegraph NZ

Julia DeLuney (Inset), Helen Gregory (R). Julia DeLuney has been found guilty of murdering her 79-year-old mother, Helen Gregory, whose body was discovered in her Khandallah home in January 2024. Prosecutors alleged DeLuney staged the scene to resemble a fall from the attic after a confrontation, possibly involving financial motives. The jury accepted the Crown’s argument that forensic evidence and DeLuney’s suspicious actions—including disposin…