Who Killed Scott Guy? (41 page)
Kerry and Marlene Macdonald always believed in their son’s innocence but the verdict wasn’t a time for celebration, knowing the Guys had lost a son and everyone’s lives had been forever changed. (Mike White/
North & South
)
Following the trial and Ewen Macdonald’s sentencing, both Kylee Guy and Anna Guy sold their stories to
Woman’s Day
. (Photos courtesy of
Woman’s Day
)
Greg King was already one of New Zealand’s most successful lawyers. But his defence of Ewen Macdonald, hailed as a courtroom masterclass, made him a household name. (Mike White/
North & South
)
As always, there are many people responsible for taking a book from concept to completion. My enormous thanks to
North & South
editor Virginia Larson and Allen & Unwin commissioning publisher Richard Walsh for getting the project off the ground, and to the staff at Allen & Unwin who’ve gently shepherded the book and me through the production process.
This book was the idea of Greg King, among others. It wouldn’t have been written without his encouragement and openness. Huge thanks to Catherine Milnes, Peter and Karen Coles, Liam Collins and Paul Bass who welcomed me into the defence team.
Likewise Kerry and Marlene Macdonald have shown extraordinary trust and candidness.
And most importantly to Nik—thanks for all your patience and support ever since I took on this story. I owe you a summer.
Mike White
Mike White is a senior writer at
North & South
magazine in New Zealand. Prior to joining the magazine he worked as a journalist in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Kuwait, and covered the Iraq war in 2003.
He spent more than a year tracking Ewen Macdonald’s defence team as it prepared its case, and was present throughout the five-week trial in 2012. Since then he has written two extensive stories on the case for
North & South
.
At the 2013 Canon Media Awards he won the Magazine Feature Writer of the Year award for a portfolio including these stories. He was also awarded New Zealand’s most prestigious journalism award, the Wolfson Fellowship to study at Cambridge University.