Gail Maney. Photo: Jason Dorday / Stuff
Lawyers on both sides of an appeal involving murder charges more than two decades old have agreed all convictions should be quashed.
As the appeal enters its second day, lawyers for Gail Maney, Stephen Stone, Colin Maney and Mark Henriksen, will debate whether it will end in a retrial or an acquittal.
The four were convicted in 1999 for the murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys.
On Tuesday, the court heard arguments from the appellant's lawyers that the evidence against them was irrepairably contaminated, as witnesses lied repeatedly and police investigators shaped their statements.
The hearing ended on Wednesday morning and the justices reserved their decision.
No case against Maney, Crown agrees
Yesterday, lawyers on both sides agreed there was no remaining reliable evidence implicating Maney in the homicide.
The only evidence linking her to the homicide of Fuller-Sandys is the witness statement of a woman, who has name suppression, and later recanted. She died last year.
On Wednesday, Crown lawyer Mark Lillico confirmed they would not be seeking to uphold that conviction - and while there was a case against Maney for assault, "the Crown isn't going to pursue a case against her for that".
