Cold case murder trial: accused’s confidante gives evidence against her

Nov 10 2023 Updated November 23, 2023

Gisborne Herald

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CCTV footage of Lynne Martin’s little blue Nissan March car added to police phone evidence of her being in relevant places at relevant times ahead of her father’s death in a house fire at Whatatutu in the early hours of January 25, 2013.

Asked to lie, offered money “when it comes through” and being told the man had “deserved to be punished” . . . murder-accused Lynne Maree Martin’s former boss Rachel Rolston recalled to a jury yesterday interactions she’d had with Martin after the death of her father Russell Allison in a house fire at Whatatutu in the early hours of January 25, 2013.

At the time of the fire,...

Cold case murder trial: accused’s confidante gives evidence against her

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