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Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
02/8/2024 | 28 mins.
On Easter Monday 2021, police were called to the home of a successful professional couple in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera. They found the body of Pauline Hanna. In his emergency call, her husband, Philip Polkinghorne, said she killed herself. Sixteen months later he was charged with her murder. As this podcast is released, he's currently on trial at the High Court in Auckland. Stuff's groundbreaking series returns to take you inside the Polkinghorne trial: Hear the witnesses, follow the evidence, wait for the verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 8: Unexpected developments
05/10/2018 | 28 mins.
An admission appears to cast doubt on Alan's claims of innocence while undiscovered clues point in an entirely new direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 7: Blue silence
04/10/2018 | 27 mins.
In his search for answers, Mike Wesley-Smith has faced slammed doors, hung-up phones, dead ends and red herrings. What aren't police and prosecution telling him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 6: Disclosure
03/10/2018 | 42 mins.
In the aftermath of Alan Hall's guilty verdict, we hear from witnesses who were never called to give evidence, and one who says he was pressured by police to change his statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 5: The trial
02/10/2018 | 30 mins.
It was his own brother that led police to his door, but what was the case against Alan Hall? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On October 13th, 1985, a man called Arthur Easton was stabbed to death in his Papakura home. His sons initially described the murderer as a strong 6ft-tall Maori man. But the man police placed in handcuffs months later was a slim 5ft7 Pakeha with learning difficulties. He has always maintained his innocence. More than 30 years later, he is still in prison. This is the story of the murder of Arthur Easton and the arrest of Alan Hall, a man with no alibi or answers. But it's also a story about New Zealand's system of justice - the power and trust we give to police and prosecutors… and their ability to find the truth.

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