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Burton guilty of attempted murder

12/11/2009 15:48:04

Graeme Burton - NZ Herald

Graeme Burton has been found guilty of attempted murder.

Burton has been on trial at the High Court in Auckland after stabbing fellow Auckland Prison inmate Dwayne Marsh in the heart with a sharpened rod.

His lawyer argued his client just wanted to hurt Marsh, not kill him.

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