Police have offered a $100,000 reward and possible immunity from prosecution in an appeal for information into the slaying of Arthur Easton from Auckland’s Papakura 39 years ago.

Detective Inspector Warrick Adkin announced the reward at Counties Manukau Police Station on Tuesday.

Easton, 52, was stabbed by an intruder who broke into his home in October 1985.

The call comes just weeks after Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced he had met Alan Hall and his family to apologize for his wrongful conviction for murder.

Arthur Easton, who was murdered in his Papakura home in Auckland in 1985.
Photo: Provided / NZ Police

In August, police said two former staff members who were involved in the initial homicide investigation and a former prosecutor involved in the subsequent trial were accused of miscarriage of justice.

All three pleaded not guilty.

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