Acclaimed journalist and crime writer, Steve Braunius, sat through every day of the nine-week Polkinghorne murder case trial. Crown prosecutors said Polkinghorne murdered wife Pauline Hanna and staged the scene as a suicide due to a combination of financial problems, infidelity and drug use. He was ultimately found not guilty. A shocking case and trial that gripped New Zealand Complex and challenging, this account will piece together the charges brought, and why ultimately Polkinghorne was found to be not guilty.