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.
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.
Tauranga jury hears evidence about Ōmanawa execution-style alleged double murder
4 May, 2021 06:03 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
Ten minutes is all it took for Samuel Deane Fane and his older brother Anthony to allegedly shoot two men at a Bay of Plenty property execution-style in February last year, says the Crown.
Tauranga Crown solicitor Anna Pollett delivered her opening address in the case of the Samuel Deane Fane, 26, in the High Court at Tauranga today.