Red Fox Tavern cold case: 'We told her what had happened as gently as we could' 11 Feb, 2021 03:30 AM 4 minutes to read Police recreation of Red Fox Tavern in 1987. Video / Supplied The immediate aftermath of the sudden violent Red Fox Tavern hold-up, which became one of New Zealand's most infamous cold cases, has been revisited in court. Mark Joseph Hoggart, 60, and a man with name suppression are on trial for the aggravated robbery and murder of Maramarua publican Christopher Bush in 1987. Both of the accused men deny they were the ones that committed the crimes. Read More Advertisement One was armed with a sawn off double-barrelled shotgun and the other with a baseball bat.