Sentenced: Father Found Guilty Of Beating & Drowning 2YO Daughter To Death In "Meth Rage"

[Sugar Cookie]

A father who beat his two-year-old daughter to death in March 2019 has been found guilty of murder by a jury in New Zealand.

According to forensic pathologists, Aaron George Izett, 38, struck his baby girl 70 to 80 times all over her head and body with "weapons" in a fit of "meth rage." The toddler suffered multiple abrasions and bruises as well as a torn ligament in her neck. He later dumped her body in an estuary at Little Waihi where she eventually drowned.

The jury delivered a unanimous verdict after about 10 hours of deliberations at the culmination of a 12-day trial.

Crown Prosecutor Anna Pollett said the man subjected his daughter to "assault on assault" before she was left to die naked and face-down between two large rocks that were placed on top of the child. The pathologist assigned to the case also gave evidence that the child may have survived had she not been left in the water.

According to the New Zealand Herald, Izett did not deny causing his daughter's death and accepted responsibility. His legal team argued to the High Court that he should be found not guilty of his actions by reason of insanity.

His defence lawyer said Izett was suffering from a disease of the mind as he claimed to hear voices and experienced hallucinations and grand delusions that made him believe he was a prophet.

"When you look at all the evidence there is absolutely no evidence that Mr Izett intended to kill his daughter, but whatever was going on in his mind it was not logical," Defence lawyer Julie-Anne Kincade QC said.

However, the Crown found no evidence of Izett suffering from such mental delusions at the time of the murder nor evidence to support his plea for insanity.

He was also found guilty of biting the officer who arrested him, but he was found not guilty of intent to cause grievous bodily harm to another man.

Father found guilty of beating 2-year-old daughter to death in "meth rage"

The jury which consisted of seven men and five women delivered a unanimous verdict after about 10 hours of deliberations

www.ibtimes.co.uk

Nevaeh Ager

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

The Curse of Nevaeh!

 

[Ramona the brave]

That poor child.

 

[JackBurton]

No one has ever committed a violent crime because drugs fucked with their mind. So sick and tired of this shit. It was not a meth rage, it was cuz he is a deep down terrible, violent person, fact. The same goes for any other methhead filth that starts committing crimes. It ain't the drugs, the person is bad.

 

[Sejanus]

Beautiful little girl.

 

[GoneWest]

The Curse of Nevaeh!

My favorite is when someone tells you that’s their child’s name, and then goes on to explain it like I’m going to be amazed at the cleverness and uniqueness. Granted I’m exaggerating because it only happened once. But next time I swear instead of just going oh really, I’m replying, “Yes, I’m aware. It’s the most cursed name on a website for murdered and abused children. Run to the courthouse and change her name to Sally.”

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

My favorite is when someone tells you that’s their child’s name, and then goes on to explain it like I’m going to be amazed at the cleverness and uniqueness.

Did the proud parent tell you how the hell to pronounce Neveah ?
It sounds like an anti depressant skin moisturizer.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Nurse: and what will this baby girls name be?
Parents: Neveah ! You know it is Heaven spelled backwards!
Nurse: Will family or friends be murdering her? We need this for the records.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@MildlyMedicated

What the hell is wrong with you - I love it!

 

[MildlyMedicated]

@Sugar Cookie somedays it just happens LOL

 

[Keepalowprofile]

. His defence lawyer said Izett was suffering from a disease of the mind as he claimed to hear voices and experienced hallucinations and grand delusions that made him believe he was a prophet.

Is it normal for Prophets to beat 2 year olds to death?

 

[Ramona the brave]

Is it normal for Prophets to beat 2 year olds to death?

Oh, well, she was a tiny satanic lizard person. Or something.
But, idk, there's some pretty shady shit in the bible that parents did to their kids...

 

[BuffettGirl]

Is it normal for Prophets to beat 2 year olds to death?

No. No, I don't believe it is...

 

[GoneWest]

Nurse: and what will this baby girls name be?
Parents: Neveah ! You know it is Heaven spelled backwards!
Nurse: Will family or friends be murdering her? We need this for the records.

Weirdly, that’s exactly how the parent thing went, but with the teacher. I was totally weary at first, but honestly the child and entire family ended up being delightful.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The Maketū man responsible for the death of his 2-year-old toddler and assaulting two other people will spend at least 17 years in prison.

Justice Christine Gordon QC sentenced Aaron Izett aka Pascoe, 39, in the High Court at Tauranga today, to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.

In November a jury found him guilty of one count of murder and two other assault charges.

The murder charge relates to the death of his 2-year-old daughter Nevaeh Ager whose naked body was found by police face down on the tidal flats in Little Waihi estuary on March 21, 2019.


Izett did not deny causing the fatal injuries but pleaded not guilty to murdering Nevaeh between March 20 and 21 by reason of insanity.

He was also convicted of assaulting Neveah's great-grandfather John Sturgess during a heated exchange on March 20, 2019, and a police officer during his arrest the next day.

'Brutal in the extreme': Dad who murdered 2-year-old daughter sentenced to life in prison

The Maketū father who murdered his 2-daughter has been sentenced.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[Satanica]

I think he's just an entitled shit who doesn't have episodes of insanity. When his entitled anger sets in, he just let's himself go with it. No doubt that's the problem in 99% of such cases.

 

[Sue sue]

The sentence is a fucking joke

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

17 years without parole is surprisingly good for Nanny State New Zealand.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Bay of Plenty father who blamed methamphetamine-induced psychosis for his brutal killing of his 2-year-old daughter five years ago has asked the Court of Appeal to reduce his minimum term of imprisonment due to a long-term drug addiction that started when he was a homeless teen in Melbourne.

Maketū resident Aaron George Izett, 42, claimed at trial that he was not guilty by reason of insanity for the death of toddler Nevaeh Ager, who was found face-down and underwater in an estuary with two large rocks on top of her in nearby Little Waihi in March 2019.

Jurors in the High Court at Rotorua rejected his insanity claim, finding him guilty of murder in November 2020, and Justice Christine Gordon sentenced him several months later to life imprisonment with a minimum period of imprisonment of 17 yearsbefore he could apply for parole.

Appearing before a Court of Appeal panel in the High Court at Auckland yesterday, appellate defence lawyer Ron Mansfield KC asked Justices Sally Fitzgerald, Edwin Wylie and Rebecca Edwards to find the 17-year non-parole period “manifestly unjust” and instead impose a 14-year minimum period.

“The circumstances in this case could not be more tragic or heart-wrenching,” Mansfield said, adding that Izett “struggles daily” with what he did to his daughter and remains “in a state of disbelief as to how this could have happened”.

That is a punishment in itself, he suggested.

Izett also appealed his conviction in 2021 but later abandoned the appeal.

The Court of Appeal justices reserved their decision for the current appeal.

MSN

He can continue to struggle in prison. All this bullshit just makes him sound like the monster he is.