Woman admits hospital shooting

A New Zealand woman yesterday admitted murdering a builder while he was recovering from a minor operation at a hospital. Graham Woodhatch, 38, a roofing contractor, was shot two years ago as he made a phone call in a corridor at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, north-west London, the Old Bailey was told.

Sentence on Te Rangimaria Ngarimu, 27, was postponed until the end of the trial of two men who are accused of conspiracy to murder Mr Woodhatch. She is to be a prosecution witness in that trial which begins next week. She was remanded in custody.