Source: Radio New Zealand
The Auckland High Court. RNZ / Simon Rogers
The trial of two men facing charges related to the wrongful conviction of Alan Hall in the 1980s has been delayed.
Hall was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for the murder of Arthur Easton, but he was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2022 and paid $5 million in compensation.
The men, whose names and occupations are suppressed, are jointly charged with wilfully attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to Hall’s wrongful conviction.
A third man facing similar charges died in 2024.
At the High Court in Auckland on Monday, the lawyer of one of the defendants said his client was too unwell to attend the trial, which was meant to start at 10am.
The four-week judge-alone trial is now due to get underway on Wednesday.
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