Ross BurnsRoss Burns

Ross Burns had 35 years of criminal law here and in the UK, prosecuting, among others, the Urewera civil disobedience trial and the Switched on Gardener case, and most recently was involved with the defence of Mark Lundy. He has had a complete gutsful of crime and criminals, and now spends his time doing cryptic crosswords, reading blogs and not really giving a shit about anything.

Mark Lundy’s defence lawyer reviews Ian Wishart’s book on Ben and Olivia

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Former criminal lawyer Ross Burns assesses Ian Wishart’s new book on the Marlborough Sounds killings, Elementary (Howling at the Moon, $38.99) Nothing about the Sounds murders has been elementary. Following the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope from Furneaux Lodge on New Year’s Day 1998, there was a huge, albeit apparently flawed, police investigation. … Read more