Ōmanawa double murder accused's mother says her late son admitted he carried out the murders
5 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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Sarah Tarei and her partner Samuel Fane are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
Sarah Tarei and her partner Samuel Fane are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
The mother of an Auckland man on trial for the alleged "execution-style" murders of two men in Ōmanawa has given evidence the accused's brother told her he did the killings and wanted to go out "in a blaze of glory".
Samuel Deane Fane, 26, is accused of killing Paul Lasslett, 43, and Nicholas Littlewood, 32, at an Ormsby Lane address in Ōmanawa on February 11, 2020.