Chris and Cru Kahui were just 84 days old when they were fatally injured in their Auckland home. Their father, also Chris, was charged with murder but eventually acquitted of the crime.

It was a case that shocked the nation. The deaths of newborn twin boys, Chris and Cru Kahui in 2006.

The twins' … Chris and Cru Kahui were just 84 days old when they were fatally injured in their Auckland home. Their father, also Chris, was charged with murder but eventually acquitted of the crime.

It was a case that shocked the nation. The deaths of newborn twin boys, Chris and Cru Kahui in 2006.

The twins' father Chris was charged with their murder, but he was eventually acquitted.

Marie Dyhrberg, lawyer for the twins' mother, Macsyna King, said she was vilified in the media and it wasn't until the coronial inquiry that real light was shed on what happened to the boys.

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Who killed Chris and Cru Kahui? The twin brothers were only 84 days old when they died, within hours of each other, after being violently assaulted. Their deaths remain one of New Zealand's worst child abuse cases.

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Chris and Cru Kahui were twins, aged just three months old when they died in hospital, both suffering from traumatic brain injury. Their death was the result o a severe impact, either from direct blows or being hit, thrown or slammed against a hard surface.

Violent shaking was another possible caus… Chris and Cru Kahui were twins, aged just three months old when they died in hospital, both suffering from traumatic brain injury. Their death was the result o a severe impact, either from direct blows or being hit, thrown or slammed against a hard surface.

Violent shaking was another possible cause, and couldn’t be ruled out. What was clear was that the twins' injuries weren’t accidental…

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