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On the night of Sunday, 13 October 1985, 61-year-old father of five Arthur Easton was stabbed to death in his Papakura home.

His sons, Brendan and Kim, were injured in the attack but survived.

The boys initially described their attacker as a strong six-foot Maori man. Police searched for this suspect for months but in the end, the man arrested, charged and incarcerated for Arthur's murder was Alan Hall - a slim five-foot-seven Pakeha with learning difficulties.

Alan has always maintained his innocence. More than 30 years later, he is still in prison.

This is the story of the murder of Arthur Easton and the arrest of Alan Hall, a man with no alibi or answers.

But it's also a story about our system of justice - the power and trust we give to police and prosecutor and their ability to find the truth.

The night of the murder:



The facts of what happened on the night of the murder are still contested.

Here's what we know happened for sure.