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Man charged with murder after Panmure death last month

11:13 am on 8 September 2021

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a man in the Auckland suburb of Panmure last month.

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Police were called to reports of a fight outside a house on Tripoli Road on 23 August.

John Tofu Ioane, 52, from Favona was found in a critical condition with stab wounds, and died at the scene.

A 48-year-old man was initially charged with common assault.

He is due to appear in the Auckland District Court today to face a murder charge as well as a separate assault charge, which allegedly relates to another person involved in the incident.