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Justice Served or Perverted | Auckland News
Auckland’s courtroom is holding its breath as two former police officers face charges for allegedly perverting the course of justice in the 1985 murder of Arthur Easton — a case that led to a 17-year wrongful imprisonment of Alan Hall, later exonerated by the Supreme Court. The Crown argues the officers deliberately withheld key witness details, like ethnicity, to mislead the jury and secure a conviction, while the defense insists the investigation was standard for the era and that the Crown is now fabricating a sinister narrative from hindsight. With the judge having reserved his verdict…
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