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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Accused murderers went to Salt Ash to buy drugs, not rob dealer

From left, alleged murder victim David King, Elijah Cage and Tyson Stamp ... Cage and Stamp have pleaded not guilty to murdering King at Salt Ash in 2021.

THREE men accused of murdering ice dealer David King in what prosecutors have labelled a "drug rip gone wrong" went to Salt Ash to buy methamphetamine and had no plans to commit a robbery, a jury has heard.

Mr King, 45, of Tanilba Bay, was killed when he was shot once at close range in the back of the head with a shortened shotgun while allegedly trying to flee a "drug rip" in Hideaway Drive on August 29, 2021.

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