Introduction

Mark Roderique, Tony Sewell and David Hogan were crewman on a tuna fishing trip on the West Coast aboard the Antares which was owned and operated by Rex Haig. Mark Roderique was later reported missing and was last seen at Jacksons Bay in June 1994. Read more about the events at Jackson's Bay.

Rex Haig was convicted of killing his crewman Mark Roderique on the testimony of his (Haig's) nephew, David Hogan who received a $20,000 reward and immunity from prosecution along with another suspect Tony Sewell.

During the trial, which was held in the close knit home town of the missing man, the Jury complained of intimidation and pressure becoming visably upset and distressed. The critical defence witness, Anton Sherlock, was murdered only hours before he was due to give crucial evidence at the trial. Members of the Jury have now been found to have had links with the victims family.

Since then the crown witness has confessed to the murder and Rex Haig has religiously campaigned his innocence. Act MP Stephen Franks states that the crown witness had portrayed himself to friends and former associates as the real killer, had arranged a second murder to silence Anton Sherlock, a man to whom he confessed, and was stated in the petition to have told others that he had framed his uncle for the murder. Police were aware of two of the alleged admissions before Haig was charged and it is documented that before the murder of Sherlock, the Police had showed Hogan, Sherlocks incriminating statement.

Suspiciously, the other key crown witness, Tony Sewell, would later be killed in a motorcycle accident in April 1997and 12 days prior to a new Rex Haig petition being ready there is an attempt to murder David Hogan in a hit and run that leaves him with broken legs. The attemp coinciding with the Sunday Star Times publishing the petition date of the 24th of April. The police record that the attempted murder was drug related, similar to the Anton Sherlock murder.

Using fake explosives, six Paparua prison officers are held hostage by seven prison inmates, including Rex Haig to proclaim their innocence and highlight the injustice of their cases. They were later charged with kidnapping following the 11 day stand off. However, as a result, Bryan Rowe a top Auckland private investigator is commissioned to investigate Rex Haig's case. The former police superintendent, after two years investigating the case, say's "I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Rex Haig is completely innocent,"

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