Six to stand trial for liquor store death

Six men charged with the murder of a south Auckland liquor store owner have been committed for trial at the High Court after a depositions hearing in Manukau District Court.

Navtej Singh, 30, was shot in June last year while working in his liquor store in Manurewa East. He died the next day.

Following a two-week depositions hearing, Myron Robert Felise, 21, Tino Faamele Felise, 17, Anitelea Chan Kee, 20, Eti Filoa, 23, Walter McCarthy, 18, and Jason Naseri, 20, will stand trial for the murder of Mr Singh, Radio New Zealand reported.

Four of the men are also charged with aggravated robbery and armed robbery, while Filoa and McCarthy face armed robbery charges.

Mefiposeta Chan Kee, 24, is charged with being an accessory after the killing.


 

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