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Red Fox Tavern killers allowed to appeal conviction in Supreme Court stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Mark Hoggart and another man - who cannot be named - were on trial in the High Court at Auckland earlier this year, charged with murder and aggravated robbery. The men were arrested in 2017, after police began reinvestigating the high-profile cold case in 2016. It was the third-time-lucky for the investigation team: Hoggart and the other man had been considered the prime suspects in the earlier investigations, but there was never enough evidence to arrest them and lay charges. During the trial, the Crown said the case against the two men was largely circumstantial - but the evidence pointed to them being the heavily disguised offenders who burst into the tavern late on the night of 24 October 1987. ....
On Friday, at the High Court at Auckland, Justice Mark Woolford sentenced the pair to life imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years. In a victim impact statement, Bush’s widow Gaye Bush said she had her whole life to look forward to with her husband and that was taken away when he was killed. NZ POLICE/Supplied Chris Bush was a proud publican and manager of the Red Fox Tavern before he was fatally shot in 1987. The once-close family have since become estranged, the bar staff were left traumatised and despite giving up hope of a conviction, there was now a sense of relief and closure. ....
Red Fox Tavern murder trial: Two men found guilty after 33-year wait for justice nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.