New Zealand Court Finds Youth Guilty of Killing Indian

Auckland, March 4, – A 22-year-old youth was Thursday held guilty of fatally shooting Indian store owner Navtej Singh in New Zealand.

The high court jury at Auckland found Anitelea Chan-Kee guilty of murder by firing the fatal shot on Navtej Singh.

Singh was shot dead during a robbery at his Manurewa liquor store June 7, 2008. He died from the bullet wound to his stomach.

Five other accused – Myron Felise, 22, Tino Felise, 19, Eti Filoa, 25, Walter McCarthy, 19 and Jason Naseri, 21 – were found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.

Tino Felise, Filoa and McCarthy were found guilty of one charge of aggravated robbery.

Sentencing will take place April 23.

Posted by Vamban on Mar 4, 2010 @ 3:51 PM Filed under Australia, World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry