It was envisioned as an elite hit squad and a US Marine was flown here to make it happen.
Patched Comancheros member Patrick Langi has been sentenced for training under a US Marines combat expert to be part of the gang's "Ghost Squad". Photo composite / Michael Craig and NZ Police
Patched Comancheros member Patrick Langi has been sentenced for training under a US Marines combat expert to be part of the gang's "Ghost Squad". Photo composite / Michael Craig and NZ Police
Patched Comancheros member Patrick Langi has been sentenced for training under a US Marines combat expert to be part of the gang's "Ghost Squad". Photo composite / Michael Craig and NZ Police
Patched Comancheros member Patrick Langi has been sentenced for training under a US Marines combat expert to be part of the gang's "Ghost Squad". Photo composite / Michael Craig and NZ Police
Victim of killing stabbed through the voice box and left with a shoe print on her face.
Charlie Josephine Watson was fatally stabbed in the neck after years of abuse at the hands of Tupaea Kerr. He has admitted so but denied murdering her. Photo / Supplied
Charlie Josephine Watson was fatally stabbed in the neck after years of abuse at the hands of Tupaea Kerr. He has admitted so but denied murdering her. Photo / Supplied
Charlie Josephine Watson was fatally stabbed in the neck after years of abuse at the hands of Tupaea Kerr. He has admitted so but denied murdering her. Photo / Supplied
Charlie Josephine Watson was fatally stabbed in the neck after years of abuse at the hands of Tupaea Kerr. He has admitted so but denied murdering her. Photo / Supplied
Malcolm Rewa was confronted in court by a woman who was 16 when he targeted her in 1988.
Murderer and serial rapist Malcolm Rewa appears in the High Court at Auckland for another sentencing after DNA testing confirmed he was the unidentified attacker in a sadistic 1988 attack and rape of a 16-year-old. Photo / Dean Purcell
Murderer and serial rapist Malcolm Rewa appears in the High Court at Auckland for another sentencing after DNA testing confirmed he was the unidentified attacker in a sadistic 1988 attack and rape of a 16-year-old. Photo / Dean Purcell
Murderer and serial rapist Malcolm Rewa appears in the High Court at Auckland for another sentencing after DNA testing confirmed he was the unidentified attacker in a sadistic 1988 attack and rape of a 16-year-old. Photo / Dean Purcell
Murderer and serial rapist Malcolm Rewa appears in the High Court at Auckland for another sentencing after DNA testing confirmed he was the unidentified attacker in a sadistic 1988 attack and rape of a 16-year-old. Photo / Dean Purcell