A video recording of Haumoana man Mark Beale as he lay bloodied and beaten with fatal injuries was deleted, a court has heard.
Johnnie Puna, 19, is on trial in the High Court at Napier accused of murdering 45-year-old Beale who died in hospital after he was found with critical injuries near his home in the seaside settlement on Waitangi Day.
The jury of eight men and four women yesterday heard from Puna's uncle, Tuhungia Puna, who was with him that February evening and later found a video of the dying man on his phone.
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Crown prosecutor Steve Manning told the court on Monday an accidental fall had been the "catalyst" for a brutal, prolonged attack on Beale.