A man on the run for allegedly fatally shooting someone was given somewhere to hide, a fresh set of clothes, a new SIM card for his phone and advice on what to say to police, according to the Crown case at a murder trial.
Lance Wayne Waite, 58, was shot at a Gate Pa property in January last year and later died of his wounds after being taken to Tauranga Hospital.
Within days, Colin Richard Jeffries-Smith was charged with murder.
But nine months later, a second man was arrested in connection to Waite's death.