Tanner Park has Ned Gronow murder involvement charge dropped

A man who received a text message saying “it’s done” after murderer Rayne Aylward fatally stabbed Casino teen Ned Gronow has walked free after his charge was quietly withdrawn in court.

Ned Gronow, then 17, was fatally stabbed to death in his Casino home in 2022.

A man who received a text message saying “it’s done” after murderer Rayne Aylward fatally stabbed Casino teen Ned Gronow has walked free after his charge was quietly withdrawn in court.

Tanner Park, 20, was initially charged with concealing a serious indictable offence as a co-accused in the 2022 murder of the Casino teen, along with the now-convicted Kye and Rayne Aylward.

Kye, father of Rayne, was convicted of accessory after the fact and has served his sentence of 13 months in prison with a non-parole period of six months.

Tanner Park has walked free after been charged with conceal serious indictable offence in relation to the murder of Casino teen Ned Gronow.

Park remained on bail since his arrest by strike force detectives on October 12, 2022.

In February, he pleaded not guilty to concealing a serious indictable offence.

Park was scheduled to appear for a hearing in Lismore on December 17, however, his charge was quietly dismissed in the same court on November 22.

Rayne Aylward, 21, convicted of the murder of Ned Gronow of Casino on June 25, 2022.

Aylward received 18 years jail with a 12-year non-parole period in the NSW Supreme Court at Lismore – after pleading guilty to the murder of Gronow in a Supreme Court sitting in Lismore, prompting a chaotic outpouring of emotions from those in the room.

His sentence was backdated to June 26, 2022, due to time served, and is due to expire on June 25, 2040. Aylward will be eligible for parole on June 25, 2034.

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