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Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Albie Alexander, Counties Manukau Police:
Police acknowledge the sentencing today for the two men responsible for the murder of Chris Bush and aggravated robbery at the Red Fox Tavern during Labour weekend, 1987.
This concludes a 34-year-old case which was never far from the mind of the Bush family or Police investigators.
Counties Manukau CIB staff, led by recently deceased Detective Inspector Gary Lendrum, set about reviewing the investigation in 2016 following new information coming to Police’s attention.
The investigators worked tirelessly on this historical case, ultimately leading to the arrest and charging of two individuals in 2017.