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Mark Robert Garson pleaded guilty to the murder of Australian tourist Sean McKinnon near Raglan.
The man accused of shooting to death an Australian tourist in his motorhome pleaded guilty.
Mark Robert Garson was charged with gunning down 33-year-old Australian tourist Sean McKinnon in August 2019 near Raglan.
He pleaded guilty in Hamilton Superior Court on Wednesday, before Judge Pheroze Jagose.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of threatening to kill McKinnon’s fiancee, Bianca Buckley.
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The couple had been sleeping in the caravan in the Te Toto Gorge parking lot in the early hours of August 16, 2019, it was said at the time.
Buckley fled to a farm for help.
Garson will be in custody and is due to be sentenced on December 9.
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Australian tourist Sean McKinnon was fatally shot in a caravan parked in Raglan in August 2019.
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The shooting occurred in the Te Toto Gorge parking lot, near Raglan. This photo looks along the coast looking towards the Te Toto Gorge.
