Open Justice reporter - Tauranga·NZ Herald·
9 Nov, 2026 06:00 AM6 mins to read
Richard David Collins and Esther Corlett are charged with the murder of Steven Taiatini (inset), who died after being struck by a vehicle in Ōpōtiki on June 9, 2023.
The Crown says a Black Power member and his girlfriend left a Mongrel Mob president “bruised, bleeding, and broken on the side of the road”, and then “set about trying to cover up the murder”.
That’s what Crown prosecutor Molly Tutton-Harris told a jury in the High Court at Rotorua
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Source: New Zealand Herald · Hannah Bartlett
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