Inquiry into Curry murder prosecution

Inquiry into Curry murder prosecution

The Police Complaints Authority started an inquiry into a murder charge made in 1988 against Ivan Curry, who is profoundly deaf. The weekend screening of a documentary on TVNZ Channel One’s ‘The Remand of Ivan Curry’, had raised concerns about the way the police handled the case.

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Jennifer Brain (Shearer)

Jennifer Brain (Shearer)

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Unknown

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1990-007

Bibliographic source:

Unknown, 1990

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NZPA

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