Teina Pora: The true cost of injusticeLAWRENCE SMITH There's something else Pora wants, more than the money. Timeline:23 March 1992 - Susan Burdett raped and murdered in her Papatoetoe home23 March 1993 - Teina Pora arrested and charged with rape and murder, aged 17 years15 June 1994 - Teina Pora convictedMay 1996 - DNA at Burdett crime scene and several rapes identified as belonging to Malcolm RewaMay & December 1998 - Malcolm Rewa convicted of Susan Burdett's rape but there are two hung juries over the murder charge2000 - Teina Pora faces a retrial, and is convicted a second time. SUPPLIED Teina Pora at the time of his arrest in 1993 when he was accused of murdering Susan Burdett. Teina Pora goes into custody a confused, bewildered 17-year-old, and there, behind bars, he will remain for the next 21 years. TOBY LONGBOTTOM Teina Pora went into custody a confused, bewildered 17-year-old, and there, behind bars, he would remain for the next 21 years.

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