Lynne Martin, 63, in the dock on the opening day of her 12-day murder jury trial in the High Court at Gisborne. A jury took about two hours today to find her guilty of burning her father Russell Allison alive in his Whatatutu farmhouse in the early hours of January 25, 2013. Martin, who'd shown little emotion during the trial, sobbed loudly when the verdict was read. Photo / Gisborne Herald
Murder-accused Lynne Martin was mistaken when she commented to an undercover cop that “arson was the easiest thing to do and the hardest thing to prove”.
What she hadn’t reckoned on was “the patience and tenacity” of police determined to “take her to justice” for the death of her father Russell Allison 10 years ago, Crown prosecutor Steve Manning told a High Court jury this wee...
