Malcolm Rewa has appeared in court his morning as the Crown pursues its prosecution against him for the 1992 murder of Susan Burdett. Rewa stood in the dock in the High Court at Auckland this morning before Justice Moore. Police Commissioner Mike Bush previously said in a statement that Solicitor-General Una Jagose would apply to the High Court to retry Malcolm Rewa for Burdett’s 1992 murder. Rewa was tried twice for the murder of Burdett in 1998, and in both trials the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Last year he received $2.52 million and a government apology, but the High Court ruled that the amount should be adjusted for inflation.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 05, 2017 22:41 UTC