From the inside
PA Auckland Arthur Allan Thomas, being flooded with more letters than usual, has sent a message from prison to his supporters: “Thank you for your good wishes — I can’t promise to reply to them all.” His other message from Hautu Prison Farm, where restrictions have been eased since his appearance before the Parole Board, is that he intends to stand by his decision not to seek or accept parole until his innocence in the Crewe murders has been accepted.
It will be another year before his name comes up. for a further parole hearing, but already he says he will not appear. “Of course I want to get out,” says the prisoner, “but more than that I want people to hear and to understand what is going on in this country. There is no point in freedom without justice and I want both. “Life is not worth while while I am still branded as a murderer.” Thomas’s normal mailbag is about 50 letters a month.
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