Teina Pora's legal team goes to court over compensation offerTOBY LONGBOTTOM/Stuff.co.nz Teina Pora's legal team has filed papers in the High Court, seeking a judicial review of Cabinet's decision not to adjust his compensation payment for inflation. Teina Pora's legal team is challenging the amount he received in compensation over his wrongful conviction for the 1992 rape and murder of Susan Burdett. LAWRENCE SMITH/FAIRFAX NZ Teina Pora spent 21 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of Susan Burdett. The papers, filed in the High Court in Wellington by lawyer Ingrid Squire, say the reasons given for the Cabinet decision were wrong in law, unlawful or unreasonable. They will seek to have the decision quashed and for a declaration from the court that inflation should be taken into account.

Source: Stuff November 16, 2016 02:02 UTC