Forty minutes after Maraea Smith was shot dead in Titoki Street, Mongrel Mob affiliate Mercedies Grace wandered up to a police cordon, beer in hand, slurring her words, and claiming she knew nothing about it.
She initially said she’d been at a birthday party inside her cousin’s house and hadn’t heard anything untoward.
Ms Smith was killed on the pavement near the Childers Road end of the s...
