Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted of murder. What do his daughter and wife have to say? Read this article to know about the trial and case update.
Arthur is a New Zealand native who was granted a Royal Pardon and compensation after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in June 1970.
A 2014 police review of the case acknowledged police misconduct was probably the explanation for the key evidence against Thomas: a spent cartridge case.
Learn About Arthur Allan Thomas: Daughter
Arthur Allan Thomas does not have a daughter since he did not have any children throughout his married life.
Moreover, the farming couple who was shot dead in Waikato and later discovered in the Waikato River, their 18-month-old daughter, Rochelle, was found stressed but otherwise unharmed.
Details On The Second Wife: Is He Still Married?
Arthur Allan Thomas is still married to his second wife, Jennifer.
Arthur was married and farming property in the Pukekawa district, south of Auckland, before the case.
Three other witnesses testified for the Defence during the court, including Thomas’s second wife but, Thomas himself did not testify.
Previously, he was married to his first wife, Vivien Thomas.
Thomas was twice wrongfully convicted for the murders of Jeanette and Harvey Crewe but now faces a historical rape charge and four charges of indecent assault against two women.
Arthur Allan Thomas rape trial: Jury discharged, unable to reach verdicts https://t.co/ZW3EIaCm7c
— RNZ News (@rnz_news) June 28, 2021
Case Update & Trail
In late 2019 Arthur Allan Thomas, then aged 81, faced one charge of rape and four indecent assaults against two women.
On 15 December 2020 at Papakura District Court, Thomas’s lawyers asked that the charges be dismissed.
Judge John Bergseng suppressed argument details of the hearing out of fair trial interests.
Moreover, before Thomas received a pardon, a Royal Commission report explicitly stated that detectives had used ammunition and a rifle taken from his farm to fabricate false evidence against him.
A 2014 police review of the case acknowledged police misconduct was probably the explanation for the key evidence against Thomas: a spent cartridge case.
Furthermore, a police review of the original investigation, at the cost of $400,000 to New Zealand taxpayers, released in July 2014, cleared all other suspects and implied that Arthur Thomas remained a police suspect.
The trial opened 14 June 2021 at Manukau District Court, with Aaron Perkins for the Crown and Marie Dyhrberg, QC, for the Defence.
In summing up, Judge Bergseng told the jury that each charge must be considered separately, focusing on the evidence specific to each one.
Deliberations to continue Monday at Arthur Allan Thomas trial https://t.co/M9yKdaUNkP pic.twitter.com/1ognFEtZdS
— 1 NEWS (@1NewsNZ) June 25, 2021
The jury failed to reach a verdict and was discharged on 28 June 2021.
Is Arthur Allan On Wikipedia?
Yes, Arthur Allan’s name is listed on Wikipedia.
Currently, his age is 83 years old, and Allan is still alive.
The documentary “Beyond Reasonable Doubt” is a 1982 film made about Thomas’s conviction.
Similarly, the film received mixed reviews, largely attributed to its avoidance of genre clichés.
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