Staff at an Auckland motel have described the moment a fatally injured man tried to get help as he bled from a head wound.
Ihaia Gillman-Harris, 54, was allegedly assaulted in his Epsom motel room by Beauen Wallace-Loretz and Leonard Nattrass-Berquist in December 2014.
The pair, both 18, deny murdering Mr Gillman-Harris and have also pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the theft of cash, a cellphone and a bank card, as well as a charge related to the taking of the victim's $15,000 Range Rover.
On the first day of the trial at the High Court at Auckland yesterday, motel staff said they saw Mr Gillman-Harris arrive and check in at the motel that morning, and how about an hour later he was seen outside his room bleeding and talking incoherently.
Jasminder Singh said Mr Gillman-Harris was bleeding from his nose and was trying to wipe the blood away with his arm. The blood was dripping on to the floor and Mr Gillman-Harris was trying to say something, Mr Singh said, but he could not understand what.