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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Ice supplier's identity kept secret before fatal drug deal

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 negotiated a drug deal at Salt Ash that ended with an ice supplier being shot dead in what prosecutors have labelled a "drug rip gone wrong" has said she deliberately kept the identity of the dealer a secret when organising the meeting.

David King, a 45-year-old mid-level methamphetamine dealer, was killed when he was shot once at close range in the back of the head with a shortened shotgun while allegedly trying to escape being robbed in Hideaway Drive on August 29, 2021.

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