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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

'Can you get me someone to mug?': murder trial hears of alleged planning

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.

A MAN accused of robbing drug dealer David King in the moments before he tried to flee and was shot dead at Salt Ash was recorded allegedly planning the "drug rip", asking a woman if she could get him "someone to mug" and whether she knew "DK out at the Bay".

The recorded telephone conversations were played to the jury on Monday during the trial of Elijah Cage, Max Lowcock and Tyson Stamp, who are accused of murdering Mr King during an alleged "drug rip gone wrong".

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