Tree tribute honours victim of park killing
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A temporary memorial on a tree at Branford Park marks the area where Nelson man Troy Minto died on Saturday.
Elisha Maunder, his partner and mother of the couple's 4 1/2-month-old daughter, said today she had placed the memorial there during a tapu-lifting ceremony on Monday.
Mr Minto died from a single shotgun blast to the chest at Branford Park in the Maitai Valley on Saturday evening. Blair Robert McNaughton, a 24-year-old Richmond man has been charged with his murder, and was also jointly charged with unlawful assembly and possessing a pump-action Mossberg shotgun along with the four others – Issac Crawford Warren, 20, a labourer of Nelson, Jared Matthew Perry, 22, a barman of Nelson, Samual Ingram Gillbanks, 22, a labourer of Nelson, and Blake Paul Cunnard, 23, of Timaru.
All five have been remanded in custody and will reappear in the Nelson District Court tomorrow.
Ms Maunder said a group of Mr Minto's close friends gathered at Branford Park for Monday's ceremony. She hoped to put a more permanent memorial in the area.
She was buoyed by friends and family lending their support to her and baby daughter Faith Jane.
Mr Minto's body has been released to the family, who wanted details of the funeral to remain private.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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