My Final Word: What If Scott Watson Is Innocent?

This week, Martyn examines the Supreme Court decision to reopen the Scott Watson murder case.

The 1998 disappearance and murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope remains one of New Zealand’s most controversial criminal cases. Now the Supreme Court will reconsider the reliability of key witness Guy Wallace.

For decades critics have questioned the evidence:
– the sighting of a double-masted ketch
– the disputed hair evidence
– prison informants used during the trial
– and the interrogation methods later linked to unsafe police interview techniques.

If Scott Watson is innocent, New Zealand may have kept an innocent man behind bars for 27 years.

No matter what else is happening in the world, justice still matters.

In solidarity, the revolution continues.