Arthur Allan Thomas

Who is Arthur Allan Thomas?

Arthur Allan Thomas is a New Zealand man who was granted a royal pardon and compensation after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder. Thomas was convicted in 1971 of the murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe, who had been killed in June 1970 in Pukekawa, south of Auckland. Thomas, who farmed a property in the same district as the Crewes, was again convicted of their murders after his conviction was quashed on appeal, but he was released in December 1979 after being pardoned and compensated NZ$950,000 for his 9 years in prison and loss of the use of the farm.