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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Jury retires to determine David King murder trial

From left, alleged murder victim David King, Elijah Cage and Tyson Stamp ... Cage has pleaded not guilty to murdering King at Salt Ash in 2021. Stamp was acquitted of murder last week.

A JURY has retired to begin determining the fate of two men accused of murdering David King at Salt Ash in what prosecutors allege was a "drug rip gone wrong".

Elijah Cage and Max Lowcock have spent the past six weeks on trial in Newcastle Supreme Court accused of murdering Mr King, who was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun while allegedly trying to flee a robbery in Hideaway Drive on August 29, 2021.

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