A man has pleaded guilty to killing a man through an assault in South Auckland last year.
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Hashim Saad, 31, died in hospital after being attacked in Māngere on 19 October, 2019.
Emergency services were called to Naylors Drive shortly before 4am where Saad was found in a critical condition.
Police upgraded their inquiry into the attack to a homicide investigation when he later died in hospital.
Siosaia Joe Maka, Maulupe Haydar-Ali Katoa, and Metuisela Katoa have each been charged in relation to the assault that killed Saad.
They appeared before Justice Moore in the High Court at Auckland for a case review hearing this morning.
Maka, represented by defence lawyer Graeme Newell, pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Justice Moore remanded Maka in custody to appear with his two co-defendants later this month.