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Court hears of innocent party shot and killed during gang altercation

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Cellphone footage taken on a night in Titoki Street, Elgin, last year recorded the sound of two rifle shots ringing out. One of those hit and killed Gisborne woman Maraea Marata Smith on her birthday.

Two people accused of murdering Ms Smith, who was also known as Maraea Turnbull, went on trial in the High Court at Gisborne yesterday.

George Hallet Walker, 36, is alleged to have been the actual ...


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