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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

'I hated them': key witness denies lying about kidnapping after murder

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 WOMAN who says she witnessed a "drug rip" at Salt Ash that left an ice dealer dead has denied lying about being dragged from the scene and detained by the alleged killers.

The woman, the key witness in the alleged murder of Tanilba Bay drug dealer David King, on Thursday refuted claims that after the shooting she got into a hire car and left the scene "voluntarily" and made up being kidnapped to convince police she wasn't involved.

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