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David Tamihere: Crown gets another 8 weeks to decide if they want retrial

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David Tamihere outside the High Court in Auckland.

David Tamihere outside the High Court in Auckland. (Source: 1News)

Prosecutors have been given another eight weeks to decide if they want to retry David Tamihere for the murder of two Swedish backpackers in 1989.

Tamihere's 1990 convictions for the murder of 23-year-old Sven Urban Höglin and 21-year-old Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen were quashed in March.

Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin

Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin (Source: 1News)

Appearing at the High Court in Auckland today, prosecutors said the Crown needed more time to decide if it wanted to retry Tamihere. The Judge gave them eight weeks.

Tamihere spent 20 years in prison for the murders and twice went to the Court of Appeal and lost.

His campaign has kept alive interest in a case which gripped the country in 1989. The disappearance of the Swedish couple received huge media coverage here and in Sweden, and led to New Zealand's largest ever land search.

The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including a powerful quake hits Japan, Winston Peters lashes out at the Greens, and a shark bite caught on camera. (Source: 1News)

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