30 May 2016

Jury chosen for Panmure murder trial

12:42 pm on 30 May 2016

The jury for the trial of a man accused of attacking and killing a man in the Auckland suburb of Panmure has been chosen.

Jiaxin Tu has denied murdering Shane Paul Hawe-Wilson, who was 19 when he was found dead in a house in July.

The jury of eight women and four men will hear evidence in the High Court from 38 witnesses.

The trial has been set down for three weeks.