REBECCA. GOOD AFTERNOON. LITERALLY MINUTE AGO WE GOT THE VERDICT. EWEN MACDONALD HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF KILLING SCOTT GUY. THE JURY HAS TAKEN UNDER 13 HOURS TO COME TO THIS DECISION. MEMBERS OF KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY WERE INSIDE ALSO. SCOTT'S GUY'S FAMILY WAS INSIDE TO HEAR THE VERDICT. THIS TRIAL HAS BEEN HIGHLY EMOTIONAL. MANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN EVIDENCE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ANNA MACDONALD` IT'S AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR HER. WE'RE EXPECTING THE GUY FAMILY TO COME OUT SHORTLY TO GIVE THEIR REACTION. THIS VERDICT COMES NEARLY TWO YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE SCOTT GUY WAS KILLED. YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERYTHING THIS VERDICT` THE TIME IS AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR THE FAMILY. THIS SUNDAY COMING WILL BE THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAMPED OUT HERE SINCE ABOUT 7AM. THERE HAS BEEN HUGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE TRIAL. THERE'S A HUGE MEDIA CONTINGENT. THERE HAS BEEN TRHOUGH THE FOUR-WEEK TRIAL. THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF MEDIA NOW STANDING BY. TO HEAR THE RESPONSE FROM THE FAMILIES. AT THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON WHERE EWEN MACDONALD'S BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. WHERE EWEN MACDONALD HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF KILLING SCOTT GUY. INTENSE PUBLIC INTEREST, ESPECIALLY IN FEILDING. RENEE GRAHAM JOINS US NOW. I'M IN THE MANAWATU TOWNSHIP OF FEILDING. WHERE THE LOCALS HAVE BEEN ON TENTERHOOKS AWAITING THE VERDICT. IT'S A SMALL TOWNSHIP OF 14,000 PEOPLE, AND. EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE OR HAS A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE FAMILIES. THE GUY FAMILY HAVE BEEN FARMING IN THIS DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS. BOTH FAMILIES ARE WELL KNOWN AND WELL RESPECT. THIS AFTERNOON I'LL BE GETTING SOME REACTIONS FROM THE LOCALS. FINDING OUT WHAT THEY THINK OF THE VERDICT. IN FEILDING, RENEE GRAHAM. DANIEL FAITAUA LOOKS BACK ON THE INVSETIGATION. EWEN MACDONALD WAS ARRESTED NINE MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER. 40 OFFICERS WERE COMMITTED TO THE CASE. BUT HOPES OF AN EARLY RESOLUATION WERE DASHED. WE HAVE YET TO ESTABLISH ANY REASON FOR HIS KILLING. THAT IS WHY I ASK THE COMMUNITY TO ASSIST US. SCOTT GUY'S PARENTS WERE ALSO PERPLEXED. HE WAS VERY MUCH LOVED. IT'S REALLY QUITE BIZARRE. WE'VE GOT NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY. A FUNERAL WAS HELD EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING. HIS WIFE ANNA WAS SCOTT GUY'S SISTER. EWEN MACDONALD SERVED AS A PALLBEARED. OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, BUT WE MISS YOU EVERY DAY. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CRIME, POLICE APPEALED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MISSING PUPPIES. AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF, WHOEVER COMMITTED THE CRIME WAS STILL OUT THERE. SCOTT GUY'S WIDOW WAS EIGH MONTHS PREGNANT AND MADE AN APPEAL. WHAT'S HAPPENED IS SO HORRIBLE AND DISGUSTING, ESPECIALLY IN NZ. THE CASE DISAPPEARED FORM THE HEADLINES, BUT THE WORK CONTINUED. IN APRIL LAST YEAR, EWEN MACDONALD WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. HE STRONGLY DENIED KILLED SCOTT GUY. IT'S TAKEN OVER A YEAR FOR THE CASE TO COME TO TRIAL. WE'RE JOINED BY SIMON BRADWELL WHO'S JUST COME OUT OF COURT. EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE WHENT HE VERDICTS WERE ANNOUNCED? THE JUDGE HAD WARNED THE PUBLIC GALLERY TO RESPECT THE JOB THE JURY HAD DONE. AND TRY AND CONTAIN THEIR EMOTIONS. BUT AFTER THE VERDICT WAS READ OUT, THERE WAS A LOUD GASP HEARD IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY. AND THEN KYLEE GUY, WHO WAS ABOUT TWO ROWS BEHIND ME, SCREAMED OUT, 'HE KILLED MY HUSBAND!' SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE COURT, VERY UPSET. SHE WAS CONSOLED BY FAMILY MEMBERS. AS THE JUDGE THANKED THE JURY AND DISCHARGED THEM. MEMEBERS OF EWEN MACDONALD'S FAMILY ALSO QUICKLY LEFT. ANNA MACDONALD, THE ACCUSED'S WIFE, WAS ALSO EXTREMELY UPSET. SHE WAS BEING CONSOLED BY BRIAN GUY. SCOTT GUY'S FAMILY. SHE WAS CONSOLED BY BRYAN GUY, SCOTT GUY'S FATHER. EMOTIONAL SCENES IN COURT. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FAMILIES TO EMERGE. AND TELL US WHAT THEY CAN ABOUT THE VERDICT. SIMON, HOW DID EWEN MACDONALD REACT WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ? FROM WHERE I WAS SITTING, I DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR VIEW. I WAS AT ONE END OF THE PRESS BENCH, I WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ANNA AND BRYAN. BEFORE THE VERDICT WAS READ OUT, BRIAN AND ANNA WERE HOLDING HANDS. THEY WERE VERY MUCH ON TENTERHOOKS. AS I SAY, I HAD A CLEAR VIEW OF THEM AND KYLIE. IT WAS HARDER TO SEE WHAT EWEN MACDONALD'S REACTION WAS, BUT WE'LL DESCRIBE THAT LATER IN THE DAY. WE WILL HAVE MORE EXTENDED COVERAGE AT 6PM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SIMON BRADWELL AT THE HIGH COURT. THE JURY HEARD NEARLY FOUR WEEKS OF EVIDENCE. THE DEFENCE CALLED JUST TWO EXPERTS. KYLEE GUY RECALLED THE MOMENT SHE LEARNED HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN KILLED. HE CAME DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AFTER ME. AND THEN I SAID, 'WHAT'S HAPPENED?' IT WAS THE CROWN'S CASE THAT THE MAN WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. WAS MR GUY'S BROTHER IN LAW, EWEN MACDONALD. THE ACCUSED KNNEW THE CAUSE OF THE DEATH BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. HE KNEW BECAUSE HE WAS THE GUN MAN. ARGUING HE GUNNED GUY DOWN OVER A DISPUTE ABOUT THE FAMILY FARM. DURING THE TRIAL, THE JURY WAS SHOWN A FOUR-HOUR POLICE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED NINE MONTHS AFTER THE KILLING. ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARSON OF THE HOUSE? NO. MACDONALD FIRST DENIED ANY REPSONSIBILITY FOR THE ARSON. IT WAS ONLY AFTER A FRIEND CONFESSED THAT HE OWNED UP. BUT HE REPEATEDLY DENIED KILLING SCOTT GUY. I'M NOT THAT PSYCHO. THE CROWN ARGUED BOOTS LIKE THESE WERE OWNED BY THE KILLER. MATCHING A SIZE 9 PAIR OWNED BY MACDONALD. THE SHOES AT THE SCENE, IF THEY ARE PROLINE DIVE BOOTS, COULD NOT BE SIZE 9. NO MOTIVE, EITHER. THE DEFENCE ARGUED THAT AT THE TIME. SCOTT GUY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EWEN MACDONALD WAS BETTER THAN IT HAD BEEN IN YEARS. THE EVIDENCE IS THAT. ONT HE 7TH OF JULY 2010, THE NIGHT BEFORE SCOTT GUY WAS MURDERED, EWEN MACDONALD AND SCOTT GUY HAD NEVER BEEN GETTING ON BETTER. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. NEARLY FOUR WEEKS OF EVIDENCE WAS LEFT IN THE HANDS OF THE JUR. THAT'S HOW THE TRIAL PLAYED OUT. LET'S GO BACK TO SIMON BRADWELL. YES, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FOUR WEEKS, BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD INSIDE THE COURT AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IT'S BEEN UNPRECENDENTED. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TEARS FROM THE WINTESSES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DRAMATIC EVIDENCE AND THIS WAIT SINCE 11:35 YESTERDAY FOR THIS VERDICT. IT WAS DELIVERED CLEARLY AND STRONGLY BY THE JURY FOREPERSON. THIS EXTREME EMOTION AFTERWARDS, WHICH WAS QUITE SPINE-CHILLING. IT PROBABLY AFFECTED EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. KYLIE GUY EXTREMELY UPSET. ANNA MACDONALD WAS ALSO EXTREMELY UPSET. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL ADDRESS US AND GIVE US A FEW WORDS OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY DO, WE'LL CARRY THAT IN OUR REPORTS AT 4.30 AND 6PM. FROM OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON, SIMON BRADWELL. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS, THANK YOU. EWEN MACDONALD FOUND NOT GUILTY. WE WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE AND REACTION. IN OUR NEXT BULLETIN AT 4.30.