It's an abdication of law and order in this country if Malcolm Rewa's not now put on trial for the murder of Susan Burdett. When the juries considered the murder charges against Rewa they would have known that Pora, four years earlier had been convicted of the crime. Now that he's been found innocent, surely that's a change of circumstances and Rewa should face the consequences. But when asked whether Rewa, who was convicted of Ms Burdett's rape but had two juries undecided whether he'd killed her, should now again face trial for the murder he was equivocal. Pora wasn't at the murder scene, that's now been accepted, but Rewa's semen was.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2016 17:03 UTC