The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish from The Listen Anytime Library

2:30pm, Monday 16 to Friday 27 February 2015 during Afternoons with Simon Mercep

Read by Ken Blackburn

James McNeish takes us on an intriguing ride, touching on issues of law and justice and humanity, as Professor Chesney retired blind psychologist, discovers what really happened to young Huey Dunstan.

Produced by Prue Langbein and engineered by Ian Gordon for Radio New Zealand.

The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 1

5 Dec 2011

We meet our narrator, Ches, a blind professor, who has been called by his former student Lawrence as an expert witness in the trial of Huey Dunstan, a young man who is accused of murder. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 2

6 Dec 2011

Ches puts his case of flashback in defence of Huey, and dines with an old friend, Andrew Gort. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 3

7 Dec 2011

Lawrence and Ches lose their case in defence of Huey. Lawrence decides not to appeal. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 4

8 Dec 2011

Ches talks with Mrs Abbott, one of Huey's teachers and Ches's wife Lisbeth suggests he go and visit Huey's father. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 5

9 Dec 2011

Ches has met with Huey's parents and Lisbeth offers to drive him to Auckland to talk with Huey who is in jail. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 6

12 Dec 2011

Ches talks with Huey who is in hospital and learns what happened to him as a child. Lawrence decides to appeal. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 7

13 Dec 2011

Ches puts his defence case to the appeal judges and nine weeks later get the verdict. A new trial is ordered. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 8

14 Dec 2011

Ches puts his defence case to the appeal judges and nine weeks later get the verdict. A new trial is ordered. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 9

15 Dec 2011

Ches cites Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a defence for Huey in the second trial. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish - Part 10

16 Dec 2011

Huey is acquitted of murder, and Ches muses on the impact Huey has had on his life. Audio

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The Crime of Huey Dunstan
Published by text publishing
ISBN: 9781921656446

James McNeish, novelist, playwright and biographer, lives in New Zealand. He is the author of over 25 books and plays, and his work has received acclaim both in New Zealand and internationally. In the 1960s he worked in London’s Theatre Workshop, known for its socially committed drama, wrote and presented feature and documentary programmes for BBC Radio, and wrote for The Guardian and The Observer. As critic Denis Welsh has observed, the ‘themes close to the writer’s heart [are] the nature of justice, the quest for truth, race relations, prison rehabilitation, and the reliability of memory’. In 2010 he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction. He was knighted for services to literature in 2011.

Photograph by Bruce Foster.