Teina Pora: Recap the Government's $2.5m compensation announcementTeina Pora will get $2.5m from the Government after wrongly spending so long in jail. LAWRENCE SMITH/FAIRFAX NZ Teina Pora spent 21 years in prison for crimes he didn't commit. Pora spent 21 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the 1992 rape and murder of Susan Burdett. The Government on Wednesday announced it will give him $2.5m in compensation for the ordeal. She also wrote to Pora to "unreservedly apologise" for the wrongful conviction and the "devastating impact" it has had on his life.

Source: Stuff June 15, 2016 03:06 UTC