Ōmanawa double murder trial: Witness says two men ruthlessly fired shots into dead man s home
11 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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Armed police pictured at a cordon at the entrance to Ormsby Lane in the Kaimai Ranges, west of Tauranga. Photo / File
Armed police pictured at a cordon at the entrance to Ormsby Lane in the Kaimai Ranges, west of Tauranga. Photo / File
A witness in a double murder trial has described seeing two armed men ruthlessly firing shots into a converted shed where he then found two victims bleeding out . Crown witness Daniel de Martin told the jury in the Tauranga High Court yesterday that one of the shooters then turned his gun on him as he tried to run towards the shed.
Ōmanawa double murder trial: Victim s girlfriend tells of hearing gunshots
6 May, 2021 10:36 PM
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Sarah Lee Tarei and her partner, Samuel Fane, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
Sarah Lee Tarei and her partner, Samuel Fane, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Sandra Conchie
The girlfriend of one of two men killed in an alleged double murder in Ōmanawa has told a jury of hearing gunshots then finding her partner shot. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, is on trial in the High Court at Tauranga defending two counts of murder.
Samuel Deane Fane is on trial at the High Court in Tauranga facing two charges of murder.
The man on trial for a 2020 double murder texted his cousin on the day of the killings asking for bullets, telling him it was a “life or death situation”. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, is on trial at the High Court in Tauranga where he faces two charges of murder. He is accused of killing Paul Lasslett, 43, and Nick Littlewood, 32, in Omanawa on February 11 last year. Fane’s partner Sarah Lee Tarei is also on trial facing a charge of being an accessory after the fact to the alleged murders.
Ōmanawa double murder accused s sibling says his late brother admitted he and the accused were involved in the murders
5 May, 2021 10:00 PM
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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 elder brother of Ōmanawa double murder accused told a jury his late brother Anthony told him he and their brother Samuel were going to Tauranga to kill Paul Lasslett. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, whose trial began in the Tauranga High Court this week, has denied two counts of murder with a firearm.
Ōmanawa double murder accused s sibling says his late brother admitted being involved in the murders
5 May, 2021 10:00 PM
6 minutes to read
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 elder brother of the Ōmanawa double murder accused told a jury his late brother Anthony told him he and their brother Samuel were going to Tauranga to kill Paul Lasslett. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, whose trial began in the Tauranga High Court this week, has denied two counts of murder with a firearm.