“I, (WITNESS C), Prisoner of ............ , make oath and say as follows: 1. I am the deponent of this affidavit, which I make willingly and without coercion, without favour nor inducement of reward but at my own insistence and instigation, now want matters regarding my involvement with the trial of DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE a case commonly known as the Swiss murders clarified and hopefully rectified. 2. I make this affidavit knowing full well that it will have serious repercussions for persons, myself included who were involved in the trial of DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE. 3. I make this affidavit as I know that acts done and accepted by me prior to now affecting DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE were legally and morally wrong. 4. I am vague when it comes to specific dates but are certain of the chronology of events and the people involved which I will allude to, hoping that possibly at some later date, that specific dates may come to light either from other persons, official and/or unofficial records or any other source. 5. I was approached by Kingi Ihaka who I know to be a journalist employed by Television New Zealand who formerly was teaching Maori at ............ Prison whilst I was a prisoner at said prison. 6. Kingi Ihaka told me that he knew of two other prisoners, ............ and ............. who were secret witnesses for the Police in the case against DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE. 7. Kingi Ihaka told me that there were big offerings in it for ............. and ........... adding that if I were interested in becoming a secret witness like ............... and ............. I should let him know. 8. I informed Kingi Ihaka that I was interested. Shortly after this Kingi Ihaka introduced me to a Detective Sanderson who I think was stationed in Hamilton at the time. Sanderson visited me at ............ Prison. The meeting took place in Ihaka’s office outside normal visiting hours. 9. Sanderson told me that a sum of money up to $100,000 was available should I decide ot (sic) give a statement helpful to the Police in their prosecution against DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE. 10. Sanderson told me things that would be beneficial to the Police. Sanderson told me about the blood stains on the tent which DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE had supposedly concealed in a hut or shed. I as (sic) told about sexual activities involving the female Swede after the male Swede’s body was supposedly disposed of. I was told that a watch belonging to the male Swede was given by DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE to his son. I was told about trampers coming upon DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE and the two Swede’s and that at such time the female Swede was visibly distressed. I may have been told also about a body being dumped at sea. Sanderson wanted me to say that all of this had been told to me by DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE. Sanderson said he would return with a typed statement for me to sign he also said that the officer in charge was the former Detective John Hughes on whose behalf, he acted. 11. Sometime later Sanderson returned with a typed statement for me to sign. Again this visit was outside normal visiting hours. I saw him in the boardroom where parole board hearings took place. I refused to sign the statement and to this day do not know who did sign it. 12. I was in my last ............ of a ............ sentence. I had no money to come out with. It was the money I wanted. Though I didn’t sign the statement I went along with the Police plan to be a secret witness. Again Sanderson emphasised the benefits for me should I assist the Police. He spoke of the money and the support Detective John Hughes was prepared to give me at my parole board hearing once I became eligible for such a hearing. Sanderson also said the same offerings were given to ............... and ................. 13. Not long after Sanderson’s second visit more Police came to visit me at ............ Prison. They were from the VIPP Squad. Their names were John Avery, Bruce Good and Craig Stevens (or Stephens). They confirmed what Sanderson had told me previously. 14. After DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE was convicted as the supposed murderer of the Swedes John Hughes flew to ............ where I had been transferred, to support me at my parole hearing. 15. Prior to my parole hearing the VIPP Squad had taken me out of ............ Prison put me in cells at ............ for about 3 weeks. This happened shortly after the visit by the VIPP Squad. After ............ I was taken to the ............ . There I got into some trouble and was shifted to ............ where I spend ............ . After that I was sent up to ............ Prison. Then it was back to ............ Prison. Then I was off to the ............ . My transfer to the ............ was delayed until ............. one of the two other so called secret witnesses was himself transferred out of ............ to ............ . It was clearly obvious that I was not to have any contact with ............... . 16. The fact of the matter is DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE never made any confession to me of any kind. DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE actually always maintained his innocence. 17. Things went to far to get out of. After doing ............ in prison I lost tract of things ............ , but I always intended on doing something about the mistake I made by involving myself as a so called secret witness against DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE. I tried to contact Wendall Archibald, one of the defence lawyers but was told he had shifted to Fiji and that he no longer practiced law in New Zealand. Eventually I got in contact with the Tamihere family. 18. By making this affidavit I realise that I maybe compromising my own best interests. Violent reaction from other prisoners is likely. Police and prison officers and other official persons maybe equally unforgiving. They may exert pressure on me through their contact within the justice system. 19. No matter what the consequences of this affidavit maybe for me personally it is the interests of DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE that concern me most. I no longer want to be associated with the fabrication of evidence used by the Police in their case against DAVID WAYNE TAMIHERE.”