Ōmanawa double murder trial: Witness says two men ruthlessly fired shots into dead man s home
11 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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Armed police pictured at a cordon at the entrance to Ormsby Lane in the Kaimai Ranges, west of Tauranga. Photo / File
Armed police pictured at a cordon at the entrance to Ormsby Lane in the Kaimai Ranges, west of Tauranga. Photo / File
A witness in a double murder trial has described seeing two armed men ruthlessly firing shots into a converted shed where he then found two victims bleeding out . Crown witness Daniel de Martin told the jury in the Tauranga High Court yesterday that one of the shooters then turned his gun on him as he tried to run towards the shed.
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.
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
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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 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.
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.