Catrin Owen09:11, May 05 2021
NZ POLICE
Detective senior sergeant Karen Bright says police were always confident they would make an arrest over the death of south Auckland grandmother Meliame Fisi ihoi.
The trio accused of murdering an Auckland grandmother, who was allegedly shot through the window of her home in the middle of the night, have denied the killing.
Meliame Fisi ihoi, 57, died on January 15, 2020. Her body was found following reports of a gunshot at her house in Favona, south Auckland. In April, following a 15-month police investigation, three men aged 19, 22 and 28 were arrested. Falala’anga Momooni Iongi, Viliami Mounga He Ofa Iongi, and Manu Hori Iongi have all been charged with Fisi’ihoi’s murder, as well as intending to cause grievous bodily harm to three others by shooting a gun at them, two weeks prior to her death.