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Hilda Murrell - Source: ONE News -
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A Christchurch man believes he has come up with explosive evidence in a murder which happened 27 years ago.
Anti-nuclear campaigner Hilda Murrell was kidnapped, stabbed, bashed and left to die in a field in Britain in 1984.
Her nephew, Christchurch based Rob Green, believes he knows who killed his 78-year-old aunt.
British police say it was a botched burglary and arrested petty thief Andrew George in 2005.
But Green, a former British Navy commander, has never believed that scenario and has written a book claiming George was framed.
"We have discovered fresh evidence which would acquit him," Green told ONE News.
"The case has been closed, I want it reopened. I hope that this book will do that."
In A Thorn in Their Side: The Hilda Murrell Murder, Green claims his aunt was killed by the British security service.
"I've made a circumstantial case, that I believe that it was state security operatives for political reasons," he said.
"I believe that there's virtually no other options."
He says DNA evidence and witness statements support his claim.
Green believes he has become a target because of the book.
"We've had break-ins to this house, doors left open, drawers have been gone through," he told ONE News.
He believes his house is bugged and has hid documents all over the house.
"We've had to produce this book under extreme secrecy."
Copies of the book have been sent to UK politicians, lawyers and media.
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