Alan Hall's 17-Year Wrongful Conviction | Auckland News

Auckland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

After 17 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Alan Hall’s conviction was overturned in 2022 — thanks to evidence allegedly withheld from his defense in 1985. A key witness described seeing a tall Māori man fleeing the scene, but Alan, a 5’7” Pākehā, doesn’t fit that description. The critical omission — the witness’s claim about ethnicity — never reached the jury. Now two former police officers face trial for allegedly hiding this vital detail. One claims he merely handed documents to the Crown, while the prosecutor argues an experienced officer should’ve seen the racial discrepancy…