but both he and Ewen Macdonald have admitted the offending. Ewen Macdonald was yesterday found not guilty of murdering Scott Guy. Today we can reveal that Ewen Macdonald faces further charges, to which he he's pleaded, details of which are temporarily suppressed. And while his family hasn't spoken to media, we're allowed to say that while Ewen Macdonald became a criminal, his brother catches them. When local drug-dealer Tony Stanlake's handless body washed up on a Wellington beach, Detective Blair Macdonald helped find the killer. It's an amazing, uh, experience to have had and, uh, this is why someone like me joins the police. In a twist, the killer Blair Macdonald helped catch was represented by the man who would become his brother's lawyer, Greg King. Ewen Macdonald is believed to be back in Manawatu Prison, where he's been kept since his arrest, awaiting sentence on the arson and criminal-damage charges. Lawyers say his trial is quite unlike the George Gwaze case, where the Crown was able to appeal an acquittal on a specific point of law. I don't, um, think that in this case, well, obviously, that there are any` anything that stands out at the moment. The police conceded yesterday they're now back to square one. Police are currently not pursuing anyone else in relation to this investigation, nor are there any other avenues of inquiry. Ewen Macdonald is facing the prospect of several years in jail, less the time he's already spent waiting for his day in court. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. An American expert witness has given his backing to the engineer who assessed the CTV Building as structurally sound in the months before last year's quake. A 115 people died when the building collapsed. Lisa Davies is covering the hearing. The CTV building, reduced to rubble in seconds. It's a haunting image that's plagued this engineer ever since it failed in February. He was the only engineer to inspect the building after the September quake hit. I have relived the inspection that I did of the CTV building over... and over in my mind, wondering whether there was anything I missed or misinterpreted.' He's re-examined the photos he took inside, reread his notes. In the end, I have to fall back on my professional judgment as an engineer. That judgement was based on a four-hour visual inspection without building plans. I saw no evidence of significant structural damage in the CTV building. Although he recommended in his final report closer inspection of the sheer wall and the block wall, there was nothing about the building that alarmed him. I did not, in either my report or my email, recommend that it be vacated. I saw no reason to do so. And, at the end of the day, further evidence that the building was sound from an international witness. < Are you saying that the 4 September and subsequent aftershocks, < um, up to the time of the inspection on the 29th of September would have had no of nil effect < on the capacity of the building? That's what I'm saying, yes. The American expert witness will continue his evidence tomorrow. Lisa Davies, ONE News. The powerful earthquake that shook much of us up last night is a good reminder to be prepared for the big one. The quake off Taranaki was the biggest in the region for 120 years. Arrun Soma has more. The shelves shake in this central Wellington supermarket. A few items fall off, shoppers oblivious. This worker feels it, though, scampering to safety. And here's what it sounded like... (PLAYS HYMN) CLATTERING RUMBLING The rumbling captured by Richard Apperley, who was recording at St Peter's Church in Wellington. We often get lots of unwanted noises ` cars, helicopters, everything else ` but last night we managed to get an earthquake. The whole casework here around the organ began to shift and move. The glass doors were flapping back and forth. The 7-magnitude earthquake hit at 10.36pm south of Opunake and a very long way down, so while it was big, there was no major damage. Those distances really probably made a huge difference in the kinds of damage that we've seen. Um, a comparison would be Darfield ` the Darfield earthquake ` 7.1. That was Canterbury's first big quake in September 2010, this the result. Last night's left only minor damage. We had a lot of stuff knocked over. I noticed a few more cracks come out around the ceiling and all that. Hopped out of bed, slid under the bed. We understand the water tanks at the top of this central Wellington block overflowed because of the earthquake. We're told parts of the building flooded, and as the water trickled down, it stopped the lifts from working. A rattling reminder the big one could strike at any time. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Hollywood and the White House rarely rate a mention in NZ courtrooms, but Kim Dotcom has changed that. The head of Megaupload says those two entities launched the FBI investigation against him. Joanna Hunkin reports. Kim Dotcom's become a regular at the High Court in Auckland, back today for a hearing over whether his lawyers can view evidence against him in the case to extradite him to the United States. But he wouldn't be here, he says, if it weren't for this man ` US Vice President Joe Biden. Kim Dotcom says Mr Biden ordered the FBI to investigate Megaupload, bowing to pressure from Hollywood executives. We are going to launch a website on which we are going to reveal the information at the appropriate time. So you do have information? > Yes. White House records show Joe Biden did meet Hollywood executives six months before the January raid on Dotcom's Auckland mansion. Last week's decision here at the High Court declared the search and seizure warrants on Dotcom's property were invalid. Now some experts are saying he could claim millions of dollars in compensation. At the moment, that's not the priority. What we are interested in is to get access to our information so we can defend ourselves properly in the extradition hearing, and so far we are, uh, kept from access to that, and that's not good for us. Crown lawyers argue Kim Dotcom doesn't need to view the evidence because it's not relevant to extradition. Everyone can see that there is a strategy of delay on the part of the US government and the Crown. But both the Crown and defence agree next month's extradition hearing is likely to be delayed as both sides need more time to prepare their case. Joanna Hunkin, ONE News. A Whakatane man who crashed into a school bus injuring dozens of school children has been sentenced to five months' community detention and disqualified from driving for two years. Joe Morehu was charged with dangerous driving causing injury after his logging truck ran into the bus that had stopped in Ruatoki to drop off children. A lot of the people who were injured in that accident are his relations. They're all part of the Ruatoki community, which is a very close community, and he lives there and is part of that community. So it isn't over for him, and I think the judge referred to that ` that part of his reparation is going to be doing what he can for the community. The 42-year-old was also fined more than $1000 for a drink-drive crash just three months after that accident. This country's border controls have come under fire in a report Thousands of Auckland bus passengers will have to find another way of getting around tomorrow when NZ bus drivers pull off the road to discuss employment issues. Union members are meeting to ratify the terms of a new collective employment contract negotiated after a series of 'work to rule' strikes. All North Star, Go West, Metrolink, City Link, Outer Link and Waka Pacific buses will be suspended from 9 o'clock and are due to resume at 2.30. This country's border controls have come under fire in a report into how a kiwifruit-killing bacteria reached NZ. The review into PSA found a number of major biosecurity shortcomings. Heather du Plessis-Allan reports on the findings. A Government-ordered report into the disease killing these kiwifruit leaves still hasn't pinpointed how it got here. But it has revealed some astounding border-control failures. There were process failures here, and the systems need to be improved, so we clearly can do better, and there were` there are some things we need to improve on. It's widely suspected PSA came from China before breaking out in Te Puke in late 2010. The report reveals that, in the lead-up, Border Control accidentally allowed in parts of kiwifruit plants from China, and they went to Te Puke. What's more, MAF failed to police imports of kiwifruit pollen properly. They didn't think pollen couldn't carry PSA. Meanwhile, government officials at another agency, Plant and Food, did know pollen could carry PSA, but didn't tell anyone because they didn't know pollen was being imported. Well, I can see we can do better. We can improve the processes. We've already taken action in response to this report. One of the scientists researching PSA says he's surprised plant material slipped in. It shouldn't have got through our border control, and the importers, on realising what they'd got, should have either returned it to MAF or incinerated it. Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated says it's so concerned about the findings of this report that it's planning to seek legal advice about whether or not to take any further action. Ministry of Primary Industry officials are keen to point out that these border-control failings didn't necessarily allow PSA in, but this report certainly doesn't rule that out either. Heather du Plessis-Allan, ONE News. A hunt is underway in Dunedin after an armed man robbed a pharmacy earlier this evening. He walked into the chemist on Hillside Road and threatened staff with what's thought to be a knife before making off with a number of items. Police are speaking to witnesses. The incident happened just two doors down from the petrol station where a car with two children inside was stolen last week. One of Britain's greatest comedians, Eric Sykes, has died at the age of 89. Sykes was best known for writing and performing in a series of TV sitcoms from the 1950s and often starred alongside Hattie Jacques. He also appeared in many films, including 'Monte Carlo or Bust' and 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'. Perhaps his most famous film was a near-silent movie he wrote and directed in 1967 called The Plank. Just ahead ` was Yasser Arafat really poisoned? Plus, on trial for shooting her grandson ` a heart-breaking story about a family argument. And is it the God particle? Why scientists' prayers may have been answered. 1 Now to a disturbing case involving an American grandmother on trial for shooting dead her grandson. But her defence is shining a spotlight on a powerful new drug that's shattering families across the US. The ABC's Lynsey Davis has the story. The desperation of this frantic 911 call made by 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman brought tears to the eyes of his grandmother as she sat in court, not only because the gunfire killed her grandson, but because she's the one on trial for pulling the trigger ` not once, but five times. The troubled teen had moved in with his grandparents a few months ago. During that time, the grandmother said she started to fear her grandson because she suspected he was using synthetic marijuana called K2 or Spice. It's a relatively new drug ` herbs sprayed with chemicals, often marketed as incense. Doctors say what makes it most dangerous is they don't know what kinds of chemicals are used or what behaviour it will provoke. We've seen children who are very aggressive and violent, and on another spectrum, we've seen children who are catatonic, with slow movements or not moving at all and no speech. Tests show the drug was in Layne's grandson's system at the time of the shooting, but the critical evidence may be this sound. Another gunshot while he was on the phone with a 911 operator. A grandmother now on trial for murdering the very person she says she loved and was trying to help. Still in America, and it's shaping up to be the hottest ever 4th of July with firework bans in 20 states amid a searing heatwave. More than a million homes are still without power as volunteers hand out ice and water and others queue to buy generators. In Wisconsin, intense heat damaged footpaths and buckled roadways. You know, you don't normally see that stuff in real life. A driver pulling over to take a photo of the road got this as well ` the four-wheel drive hitting a heat-formed bump to catch some serious air. After years of speculation about the mysterious death of the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, traces of poison have been found on his clothes. A Swiss clinic tested the hat he was wearing when he was ill. Scientists found abnormal levels of radioactive polonium on items of clothing and his toothbrush. All those samples were, um, were belonging from Mr Arafat that were containing visible biological stains. But they couldn't confirm the Palestinian leader died from poisoning. His widow has demanded his body be exhumed for further tests. It's the same poison that killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko after he was given a cup of tea laced with polonium in 2006. Scientists in Switzerland have announced the results of an experiment which appears to have answered one of the biggest questions in physics. They think they've found the tiny particle responsible for giving things mass. The ABC's Jeff Waters has more. Deep underground beneath the Swiss-French border, scientists have been conducting the biggest and most expensive experiment. They've been firing particles at each other at just under the speed of light. It's taken 30 years to come to this point ` where scientists can test what's called the Standard Model of particle physics. It's missing several ingredients, and the big one that we can attack with the current machine is the Higgs Boson. The Higgs Boson, the tiniest of components of an atom has only existed in theory. Physicists have argued it is responsible for giving things mass. That is, it was thought to help explain why particles of the same size can have different masses, and by extension, weigh different amounts. It's been dubbed by the media as the God particle, but that bothers the purists. It is a very fundamental particle in our understanding of nature, but I would not mixing religious... It's not God? > It's not God, no. Not everyone wanted these experiments to take place. A group of dissenting scientists went to court to try to have them shut down because they feared a black hole might accidentally be created which could swallow the earth. The fact we're here to discuss the results means that didn't happen. Now here's a flyover that went slighty wrong. Two military jets during an official ceremony in Brazil were so loud and flew so close to some buildings that glass shatters. Here it is. BOOM! BOOM! Those sonic booms shattering the windows of the Supreme Court. Most of the building is glass. Now there's not much left but the frame. The jets moved at 1200km/h. The Brazilian air force says it will fix the windows. Just ahead ` the latest on the state of origin decider. While the trash talk returns before tomorrow's Cameron Barrett bust-up, a former Blackcap shows off his new physique. And I'll be back with a frosty start for some and heavy rain for others. Oh, my throat. If your sore throat needs warming comfort, try Strepsils Warm. It has a special formulation, with proven antibacterial and a gentle warming sensation. Ah! Mm. Mm. (GIGGLES) Wrap up with Strepsils Warm. And if you can buy NZ's trusted brands, you can make sure that colds, flu and sore throats will be kept at bay so you don't lose a day. Trash talk, bikinis and a drinker on the path to redemption. Tomorrow's Shane Cameron-Monte Barrett bout in Auckland and its support fights has a bit of it all. Craig Stanaway went along to today's weigh-in. He doesn't trash-talk. He's been relatively quiet ahead of his bout tomorrow night against the man who ended David Tua's career. But Monte Barrett has used an arsenal of mind games today to get under the skin of Shane Cameron, and it's worked. It's all gonna come down to who wants it on the night, eh? We'll shut this big-mouthed piece of <BLEEP> up right here. <BLEEP> Shane and Ken. I don't give a <BLEEP> about either one of them. They're about to feel it tomorrow. It's not a game. It's not a <BLEEP>ing game. I'm here to tear his head off. The theatrics began during the stare-down. We've come to expect this sort of stuff in the bid to boost pay-per-view subscriptions. So for the record, what was said? I couldn't` I couldn't really listen because his breath was so bad. LAUGHTER You want to repeat it? Yeah, my breath is bad this morning, but I told him` He said, 'Oh, you're going down.' I said, 'This ain't no <BLEEP>ing Rocky movie. 'This is reality, brother. You're about to get it.' Former Blackcap Jesse Ryder has weighed in at 104.4 kilos for his bout with radio personality Mark Watson. Really stoked with what I've just weighed in at. I started off at 110 four weeks ago, so 104 is a big step for me leading up to this fight. Ryder goes into the bout with a 10-kilo weight advantage. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. New South Wales is just 40 minutes away from regaining the State of Origin Series after six long years. In true interstate fashion, tempers flared from the outset, and it was New South Wales that quickly gained the ascendancy. But Queensland has hit back, and with half-time approaching, New South Wales leads 8-4. And the latest score is 8-8. Weather. Hi, everyone. A watch remains in place for heavy rain in these areas overnight and tomorrow. It stays fairly messy over the North Island. The low near Gisborne moves away, but the front remains. The other low makes a beeline for North Cape. The east to nor'east flow continues over the country as a weak trough flicks past the far south. Cloudy skies in the east of the South Island with some drizzle down as far as North Otago. Rain for eastern Marlborough, easing during the afternoon. Scattered falls around Nelson will clear. Mainly fine everywhere else. Severe frosts again for sheltered places, also areas of fog and low cloud. Winds will be mostly light. Rain for Northland with some heavy thundery falls in the far north. Scattered falls spreading down into northern Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula in the afternoon. Rain from Wellington to Gisborne, scattered falls in the south-west. Dry everywhere else, but with lots of low cloud and fog about. East to south-east winds for most. For weather, see onenews.co.nz And that is your weather. I'll see you tomorrow. That's it from us here on Tonight. Thanks for watching. Goodnight. Captions by Hugo Snell and John Ling. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2012