Thomas case to Privy Council
PA Auckland The Arthur Allan Thomas case will go to the Privy Council in London on July 4, when a London barrister, Mr Louis Blom-Coop-er, Q.C., will argue a case for review of the 1975 Court of Appeal opinion which confirmed Thomas’s conviction for the Crewe murders. The Solicitor-General (Mr R. C. Savage) and the Auckland Crown prosecutor (Mr D. S. Morris) are expected to fly to London to argue that the Privy Council reject the application. Thomas has pleaded his innocence at two trials, at two appeals against conviction, and in two referrals to the Court of Appeal. Evidence has also been examined at a judicial inquiry. Thomas campaigners have petitioned the Privy Council asking it to rule whether the 1975 Court of Appeal opinion was wrong in law, as was suggested immediately after the hearing. That Court of Appeal hearing was a sequel to investigatory articles published in the “Auckland Star,” which alleged that crucial evidence, including forensic findings on the bullets and cartridge cases, was wrong.
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