Jury retires in Mongrel Mob trial
The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of six men alleged to be members or associates of the Mongrel Mob on charges of kidnapping and bashing a rival mob member.
Justice Cameron Mander spent the morning summing up the case to the jury in the High Court at Christchurch.
The jury began its deliberations when he finished his address soon after 1pm.
Today is the eighth day of the trial, in which the Crown has called evidence from about 40 witnesses.
Before the court, after pleading not guilty to all are Matthew Joshua Mulvey, 35, Leon Delshannon Turner, 41, a builder, Peter Damian Gilbert, 46, a concrete worker, August Keefe, 57, Jason Phillip Reweti, 35, a fibre optic technician, and Dylan Raymond Shannon Corbin, 27.
All are charged with kidnapping Dawson Reihana, who gave evidence last week of being bound with tape and beaten with hammers and knuckledusters, and punched and kicked at addresses in Shirley and Bowenvale Avenue.
Mulvey, Turner, and Gilbert are charged with wounding him with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. All except Keefe are charged with injuring him with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Before Justice Mander’s summing up, Mathew James Rowe, 41, a bricklayer, was discharged on charges of kidnapping and injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The court reconvened just after 5pm and the jury was sent away for the night. It will gather to resume its deliberations at 10am on Tuesday.
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