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Judge in murder trial: Take as long as you like

By Jill Nicholas
Rotorua Daily Post·
1 Nov, 2018 04:39 AMQuick Read

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Raymond Fleet (left) and James Fleet. Photo / File

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After 10 hours of deliberations the jury trying the two men accused of murdering of Raymond and James Fleet have yet to reach verdicts.

For the second successive afternoon Justice Sally Fitzgerald sent them home at 4.30pm so they would be fresh to resume their deliberations at 10am tomorrow .

Before she asked them to return to the jury room in the High Court at Rotorua this morning she told them there was no time limit on them and they had no deadline to meet.

"Take as long as you like," she said.

On trial are Makaere James Hura, 21, and Zen Pulemoana, 27, who are jointly charged with Martin Hone with murdering the uncle and nephew at Mamaku on August 7 last year.

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Hone has pleaded guilty to the charges; a second man, Richard Te Kani, has admitted manslaughter charges stemming from the Fleets' death

As well as the murder charges Hura faces two methamphetamine-related charges.

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