Scott Guy killing: A story of family jealousy and rivalry
On July 8, 2010 Feilding farmer Scott Guy was found dead in the driveway of his own property.
He had been shot twice as he headed out to work on the farm, while his pregnant wife and young son slept soundly in the house.
The murder was shocking – cold and cruel – and when Guy’s brotherin-law Ewen Macdonald was charged with gunning him down, it became a case that quickly gripped the country.
Over the next few months and during the high-profile murder trial, a tale of jealousy, rivalry, night-time arson and covert offending slowly emerged.
Macdonald was found not guilty of the murder but was jailed on a raft of other crimes against Guy and his young wife Kylee.
In episode eight of Herald podcast A Moment in Crime, we look back at the murder of Scott Grahame Guy and the heartbreaking aftermath.
The episode follows an anniversary feature by Herald senior journalist Carolyne Meng-Yee, who has been covering the case for much of the past decade.
Meng-Yee spoke extensively to Guy’s parents, Brian and Jo, and gives a deep insight into how the family have coped and attempted to heal after the loss of their son, brother, husband and father.
Guy was born and raised in Feilding and had farming in his blood.
After he finished school he worked on a number of rural properties in Manawatu¯ and Australia, before settling on the family farm.
He met and married Kylee and they had their first child, Hunter, in 2008.
Kylee was pregnant with their second son when Guy died.
Guy was shot twice – in the throat and face – as he opened the gate at the end of his driveway.
It’s believed the gunman closed the gates, which were normally left open, and pulled the trigger as the 31-year-old climbed from his ute.
Guy’s body lay unnoticed on the ground for more than two hours.
Macdonald, a pallbearer at Guy’s funeral, was charged with his murder in April 2011 and later acquitted.
The police investigation revealed Macdonald and Callum Boe, a teenager who had worked on the Guy farm, had become close friends.
They enjoyed hunting and tramping together and went on secret night “missions”.
At first the missions were innocent enough but, when Boe was in his late teens – a decade younger than Macdonald, they became more sinister.
Offences included poaching, arson, and vandalising property belonging to Scott and Kylee Guy.
They also dumped milk from a tanker and slaughtered 19 calves with hammer-blows to their heads.
Macdonald was denied parole four times before it was granted in 2015 with strict conditions.