Tribesmen gang members Rawden Yates, left, and Kimble Moore were once close. It can now be revealed that Yates is standing trial in the High Court at Whangārei charged with murdering Moore.
The man accused of killing Northland gang member Kimble Moore can now be revealed as fellow Tribesman gang member Rawden Yates.
Yates is standing trial in the High Court at Whangārei accused on Moore's murder. Moore was shot in the back three times before his body was buried in a
shallow grave, a High Court jury has heard.
Yates had interim name suppression leading up to the trial, but Justice Mathew Downs turned down a request to continue name suppression from his lawyer Nick Leader.
However, Justice Downs gave Leader leave to apply to the Court of Appeal for continued name suppression, but when that had not been done by 5pm yesterday, name suppression lapsed.
Moore, a 48-year-old patched member of the Tribesmen gang from Waipapakauri in the Far North, was reported missing from Taipa by his partner in March 2016. His body was found six months later in the Fairburn area.
