1979 Cold Case

[Maha]

Interesting.
I wonder if my old man knows about him. I think he was in Turangi around then, doing his tunneller managers tickets with MOW.

Any idea on why he shot the victim, without going into too much detail.

...because he wouldn't let Mr H have any petrol...the Servo had just closed.

[Maha]

Sorry man but I couldn't get past this. What on earth do you mean?

..the Law Firm.

[Winston001]

Will be interesting to see the evidence come out.
I don't get how cases can go so long without someone being charged. The mind boggles!

Sooo....we'll see Jack the Ripper in the dock soon? And the Boston Strangler? The murderers of Jennifer Beard, Mona Blades, Kirsa Jensen, Kirsty Bentley, oh and lets not forget Cris and Cru Kahui...

Unfortunately despite having suspects, the police cannot always get enough to have a case. The Kahui Twins is a vivid example of the problem.

[thecharmed01]

Sooo....we'll see Jack the Ripper in the dock soon? And the Boston Strangler? The murderers of Jennifer Beard, Mona Blades, Kirsa Jensen, Kirsty Bentley

Erm why? Those cases are completely different. There is very little knowledge to go on in any of the cases you quoted, where this one seems to have a lot of people who are aware of what happened and are suspicious of a particular person (clearly for good reason) and he bragged about it.

The Kahui Twins is a vivid example of the problem.

Well, it's an example of a problem. Probably not the one at hand though.

[Maha]

Erm why? Those cases are completely different. There is very little knowledge to go on in any of the cases you quoted, where this one seems to have a lot of people who are aware of what happened and are suspicious of a particular person (clearly for good reason) and he bragged about it.

I saw him in 84'-85'? when I was living in Taupo.
I walked up to him and said ''Hello M...you haven't seen me in 15 years'' etc etc and so it went on.
He said ''I dont go by that name anymore, its now J..''
Started asking after the family and that was about it...
Couldn't really ask what he had been up to ....
His Daughter was a reporter for the Herald when I last saw him mid 90's.

[Maha]

He has interim name suppression....
Or could it be that Stuff has not named the man arrested yesterday but, supplied the name of the man arrested the day after the shooting?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...sed-speaks-out

[sil3nt]

He has interim name suppression....
Or could it be that Stuff has not named the man arrested yesterday but, supplied the name of the man arrested the day after the shooting?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...sed-speaks-out

Just read that and it left me confused. Safe to say it was not the person that was arrested earlier?

[Maha]

Just read that and it left me confused. Safe to say it was not the person that was arrested earlier?

He wasn't named as the man arrested on friday..
Interesting that he spoke to the Dominion Post, so they now know who he is.
In fact..technically, the name in print is not the name that he has been known by for the last 30 years.



http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...serve-customer

[Maha]

Guilty of Murder says the Jury. Hallet to be sentenced in July.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...r-found-guilty

[Banditbandit]

He's 70 something years old ... and a racist arsehole ...

Just give him the mandatory minimum of 10 years ... he won't get out alive ... I'd be surprised if he makes it to sentencing ... he'll be housed with the convicted prisoners now ...

[Paul in NZ]

Yup - justice a long time coming here..... Damn shame they didnt nail the bastard at the time....

[Road kill]

He's 70 something years old ... and a racist arsehole ...

Just give him the mandatory minimum of 10 years ... he won't get out alive ... I'd be surprised if he makes it to sentencing ... he'll be housed with the convicted prisoners now ...

Nope,he'll go straight to segregation an then after classification he'll be moved to one of the holiday homes the department runs for the white collar types.
He'd never get dumped in with the brown bro's or the white trash because that would be a clear breach of the departments duty of care.
Right now "pre sentencing" he'll be getting held in the "capital crimes" cells which are totally segregated from the general population and won't be getting any contact with the more common peasants and that basic theme will continue for as long as he requests that type of segregation.
Of course both his lawyer and prisoners aid will of all ready made him more than aware of this.
Which is probably why the smug fuck was smiling so much in court.

[Maha]

Hallet was sentenced today to Life in prison, little comfort for the family of Rodney Tahu I would suspect? given that he probably won't serve the term due to his failing health.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...ear-old-murder