Fane, 26, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of the killing of Lasslett, 43, and Nick Littlewood, 32, in Omanawa on February 11 last year. In front of a packed public gallery, and amidst a heavy police and security presence, Justice Gerard van Bohemen sentenced Fane to life imprisonment with a minimum period of 17 years. Fane’s partner Sarah Lee Tarei, 25, was also sentenced to nine months home detention after being found guilty of one count of accessory after the fact of murder. While van Bohemen said she had undoubtedly played a role in helping Samuel Fane attempt to avoid arrest, he cited her daughter when he handed down the home detention sentence.
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Ōmanawa double murder trial: Jury hears brothers recorded prison phone call
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Sarah Lee Tarei, 25, and her partner Samuel Deane Fane, 26, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / NZME
Sarah Lee Tarei, 25, and her partner Samuel Deane Fane, 26, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / NZME
The jury in a double murder trial has heard a recorded phone call between Samuel Fane, and his brothers Cody and Anthony talking about the shooting and the motive behind it. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, has denied murdering Paul Lasslett, 43, and Nicholas Littlewood, 32, at Lasslett s Ormsby Lane property in Ōmanawa on February 11 last year.
Ōmanawa double murder trial: Victim s girlfriend tells of hearing gunshots
6 May, 2021 10:36 PM
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Sarah Lee Tarei and her partner, Samuel Fane, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
Sarah Lee Tarei and her partner, Samuel Fane, are on trial in the High Court at Tauranga. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Sandra Conchie
The girlfriend of one of two men killed in an alleged double murder in Ōmanawa has told a jury of hearing gunshots then finding her partner shot. Samuel Deane Fane, 26, is on trial in the High Court at Tauranga defending two counts of murder.
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.
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