Eleven men charged with the murder of a Wanganui two-year-old toddler were today further remanded in custody without plea.
Name suppression continue for the men who appeared in Wanganui District Court.
The charges arise from the death on May 5 of Jhia Harmony Te Tua, killed after Mongrel
Mob members shot at the Puriri St, Wanganui, house where she lived with her mother and Black Power member father.
Twelve men have been charged with her murder. The sole accused not at today's hearing will reappear in Wanganui District Court on Thursday.
Crown prosecutor Andrew Cowan told the court today that remanding the accused for a further three weeks was to fully finalise issues of disclosure.
The move was not contested by the defendants' lawyers.
It was the third remand for two of the men who were charged in early June.
The remainder were charged a fortnight later, following a high-profile mass wave of arrests, mainly in the central and lower North Island.
Two other men reappeared today on lesser charges relating to the slaying were also remanded to August 1. Their identities were also suppressed.
Police say Jhia's death was a result of tensions between the Mongrel Mob and Black Power.
As with earlier remand hearings, there was a heavy police presence at the courthouse.
The public gallery was packed for today's hearing, and at least half a dozen patched Mongrel Mob members gathered outside, but there were no incidents.
- NZPA
