Red Fox Tavern murder trial: What the unnamed accused told a prison mate 10 Mar, 2021 11:15 PM 4 minutes to read Police recreation of Red Fox Tavern in 1987. Video / Supplied One of the defendants on trial for the infamous fatal Red Fox Tavern robbery allegedly denied he was responsible in a cheeky way. A man with name suppression and Mark Joseph Hoggart are on trial for the 1987 aggravated robbery of the pub and murder of its owner, Christopher Bush, in Waikato. The Crown says two heavily disguised intruders, clad in balaclavas and gloves, burst in through a back door of the Maramarua tavern on Labour Weekend.