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Murder trial: James McFarlane stabbed brother-in-law Thunder Savage in fight over noise
17 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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James McFarlane Snr is on trial for murder in the High Court at Rotorua. Photo / Andrew Warner
James McFarlane Snr is on trial for murder in the High Court at Rotorua. Photo / Andrew Warner
Kelly Makiha
A verbal fight between brothers-in-law over noise ended when one plunged a knife 20cm into the chest of the other man, killing him within minutes. James McFarlane Snr is standing trial in the High Court at Rotorua for the murder of Thunder Savage at a family home in Edgecumbe in the Eastern Bay of Plenty on October 2, 2019.