Tuara Heke, 21, and Piripi Tukaokao, 23, are on trial in the High Court at Rotorua on charges that relate to the death of Harley Shrimpton (inset) in 2023.
This story discusses graphic details of a violent death
A Tauranga man was allegedly shot dead in an "execution-style" single shot to the chest, "all for a debt owed in the terrible cycle of feeding an addiction to methamphetamine".
Harley Shrimpton was found dead in December 2023 after what began as a missing person inquiry became a homicide investigation.
The 28-year-old's body was recovered after being buried on a remote property in Poripori, on the outskirts of Tauranga, in a 2m-deep hole.
