One of the men accused of the infamous fatal 1987 Red Fox Tavern robbery had earlier been convicted of an aggravated robbery in Auckland. Mark Joseph Hoggart, 60, and a man with name suppression are on trial for the aggravated robbery and murder of its publican, Christopher Bush, in Waikato. Photo / Dean PurcellToday, the jury learned the man with name suppression had previously been jailed for an aggravated robbery in Auckland in the early 1980s. Christoher Bush, the owner of the Maramarua Red Fox Tavern, was shot dead in October 1987. The Red Fox Tavern is on State Highway 2 about an hour's drive south of Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 19, 2021 02:01 UTC