A key witness has shown a jury how murder-accused Christopher Heenan allegedly delivered a "kill shot" to his victim.
The evidence was given in the High Court at Rotorua yesterday, day three of 54-year-old Heenan's retrial for the murder of Rotorua's Raukawa Newton. The Crown alleges Heenan stabbed 36-year-old Mr Newton at Heenan's Konene St house on October 11, 2007, severing his aorta. Heenan also suffered superficial stab wounds that night, which the Crown say were self-inflicted.
The Crown witness, whose identity is suppressed, said Heenan had told him several times during January 2008 both he and Mr Newton were stabbed by an unknown third man.
The witness said he asked Heenan again on January 24 who that third man could be. Heenan took him outside, saying his house was bugged, the witness said.
"That's when he said to me it [the third man story] was his alibi . . . to throw the pigs [police] off the scent."