Accused shot at us, says hunter

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And where will society be in another 100 years? A witness at the stop-go murder trial of Quinton Winders has described ‘‘running for his life’’ after being shot at while on a property that bordered the accused’s.

Nigel Ford told the High Court at Rotorua yesterday that he was with his son, nephew and a friend of the boys hunting on land neighbouring Winders’ Stratford property when they were shot at three times in 2009.

‘‘I physically felt the bullet go past me, I was in a state of shock, turned around to my son and said, ‘Some ----‘s shooting at us.’

‘‘By the time I said this, another shot came past my head. I turned to the boys and said, run.

‘‘You could see them [bullets] hitting the ground close to me, I spun around and looked to see who was shooting and where it was coming from, but that second shot told me where it was coming from [Winders property].

‘‘We were running for our lives basically,’’ Ford said.

Winders is on trial accused of the 2013 killing of road worker George Taiaroa, who was shot dead on a south Waikato roadside. The Crown contends Winders shot him after a minor traffic accident.

The defence contends Winders did not shoot Taiaroa and whoever did may have done so due to mistaken identity.

Ford said yesterday that the owner of the land, Ken Lobb, told him Winders had mentioned scaring off some hunters.

The jury also heard evidence from another neighbour of Winders, Bryan Kuriger, who also claimed to have been shot at. Both men, however, conceded they never saw the gunman.

Justice Kit Toogod gave the jury a warning before the evidence was heard.

‘‘The Crown’s submission to you is Mr Winders fired the shot and he will be shown to have a tendency to overreact to the behaviour of others,’’ he said. ’’You must not jump to the conclusion that Mr Winders must be guilty of Mr Taiaroa’s murder because you have decided he has fired shots at people in the vicinity of his farm.’’

The trial is in its third week.