Alan Hall

The court has found the Auckland man spent 19 years in prison for the 1985 murder of Arthur Easton due to a "substantial miscarriage of justice".

Alan Hall is demanding answers, after his conviction for murder was quashed by the Supreme Court 9 June 2022 Alan Hall is demanding answers, after his conviction for murder was quashed by the Supreme Court

Hall spent a total of 19 years behind bars for Arthur Easton's murder in Auckland - a crime he did not commit.

It acknowledges “the unacceptable truth” that an “unanswerable cause of miscarriage” occurred. In fact, the state had known since 1988 that the witness statement was doctored. We are confident he will agree with us that it is,” said Chisnall. Alan Hall was 23 years old when he was convicted of the murder. And there’s one ex-cop said that I confessed to him that I committed a murder, I didn’t. This is how far they go to framing me for murder,” Hall said. But at trial the court didn’t get the full picture.

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Our story is told so we’re very proud of Alan,” he said, according to the RNZ news website. Police found the murder weapon and a woollen hat at the scene. They were handed over to Mr Hall’s lawyers almost seven months after his first appeal in 1987 failed. “In the extraordinary circumstances of this case, no order for a retrial is sought. “The crown accepts that a substantial miscarriage of justice occurred in Mr Hall’s case, and that his convictions should be quashed,” it submitted. Easton was killed after a bayonet-wielding intruder broke into his home and also attacked his two sons.

New Zealand Supreme Court Chief Justice Helen Winklemann has quashed the murder conviction of Alan Hall, freeing the Kiwi after 19 years in prison.

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Alan Hall spent 19 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.

Hall, 60, was convicted of the 1985 murder of Papakura man Arthur Easton and the wounding of Easton's son by jury trial in 1986, and spent a total 19 years ...

"So for this reason, the appeal is allowed. It took almost four decades for his name to be cleared. "My focus now is on understanding how the Crown's role in this miscarriage occurred and why the criminal justice system failed to remedy it earlier." - ... Justice Winkelmann said the justice system had failed Hall, and so too it had failed the Easton family. The Crown is to be investigated for the role it played in a miscarriage of justice that put an innocent man in prison for 19 years.

An investigator who helped overturn Alan Hall's wrongful conviction for murder says Hall would prefer an inquiry into the injustice be thorough rather than ...

Until that's a reality, there's not much I can say." I suppose that's a matter for police, and we're in the dark about what they are or aren't doing," McKinnel added. "And as a consequence, a New Zealander was imprisoned when he ought not to have been." "We'd have to get advice on that if that's a track that is traversed. - ... "It's a case where there appears to have been a miscarriage of justice," Parker said.

The case centred around the violent home invasion and killing of 52-year-old Arthur Easton in his Papakura family home. Hall was released from jail in the 1990s ...

More than 30 years after Arthur Easton was murdered, the man who police told his family was the killer has had his conviction quashed.

Our expectation is this will include reopening the investigation to bring the real killer to justice.” “Our family had placed our trust in the criminal justice system, and it has failed both families. And those articles are free.