The morning after the infamous fatal 1987 Red Fox Tavern robbery one of the men on trial was asked by a family member if he had anything to do with it, a court has heard.
A man with name suppression and Mark Joseph Hoggart are on trial for the aggravated robbery and murder of its publican, Christopher Bush, in Waikato.
The Crown case is that two heavily disguised intruders, clad in balaclavas and gloves, burst in using a back door of the Maramarua tavern on October 24.
It is alleged one fired a sawn off double-barrelled shotgun killing Bush quickly before his three staff members were tied up.
It is further alleged the two men made off with cheques and cash to the value of just over $36,000 in the armed hold-up
On October 23, 1987, she had been working at the Maramarua dairy when a car pulled up outside about 8.45pm, parking at an angle that would have blocked some cars from exiting.
"I couldn't figure out why they stopped there. So I just stood watching what they were doing."
There were two people in the car, the court heard.
"The driver was looking over in the direction of the pub, really straining to see it."
They never even glanced her way, she said. "It was as if we weren't even there."
The driver was European in his early 20s with sandy-colour wavy hair who she also described as "average looking".