Man pleads guilty to murdering teen in Auckland street fight
A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a teenager to death during a street fight in Ōtara, Auckland.
A man has pleaded guilty to murder after stabbing a teen during a street altercation in Ōtara, Auckland. He brought a knife to what began as a fistfight and inflicted a fatal stab wound. He will be sentenced in October.
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Man pleads guilty to murdering teen in Auckland street fight
Tailasa Vakavale Otuha'Apai Pongia, who was 19 at the time of the incident, will be sentenced in October.
NZ Herald
Tailasa Pongia pleads guilty to stabbing murder of Greig Temarama-Abela in Ōtara, Auckland
After inflicting the 8.5cm stab wound, he lunged the knife at a second teen's abdomen.
Newstalk ZB
Tailasa Pongia pleads guilty to stabbing murder of Greig Temarama-Abela in Ōtara, Auckland
A teenager who brought a knife to a fistfight, then used the weapon to stab an adversary in the back, has pleaded guilty to murder.