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> The Supreme Court will on Tuesday release its decision on David Tamihere’s last attempt to clear his name, 36 years after his double murder conviction. > > Tamihere was found guilty in 1990 of murdering Swedish tourists Urban Höglin, 23, and Heidi Paakkonen, 21, in the Coromandel in a case that shocked the world. > > Höglin’s body was found in 1991, Paakkonen’s never was. > > Tamihere appealed to the Supreme Court last year, arguing the Court of Appeal should have quashed his convictions in 2025 when it found there had been a miscarriage of justice. Instead, the appeal court had said the convictions should remain. > > Stuff Read More