Tauranga trial begins for double-murder accused after Ōmanawa shootings
3 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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Samuel Fane and his partner, Sarah Tarei, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
Samuel Fane and his partner, Sarah Tarei, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
The first day of trial has begun for a man accused of fatally shooting two men at a Bay of Plenty property.
Papakura man Samuel Deane Fane, 26, appeared in the High Court at Tauranga on May 3 after pleading not guilty to two counts of murder.
Fane is accusing of killing Paul Lasslett, 43, and 32-year-old Nicholas Littlewood at an Ormsby Lane rural address in Ōmanawa on February 11, 2020.
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