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Episode: 40 years since the Trades Hall bombing: Are Police any closer to finding a killer?
Description: Today marks 40 years since Ernie Abbott went to work at Wellington’s Trade Hall, and never returned home. On March 27, 1984, the caretaker was locking up for the day when he spied a discarded light-green suitcase on the ground behind a wall. Curious, he picked it up by its cloth-wrapped handle - triggering a mercury switch hidden inside. He was killed instantly as the force tore through the passageway of the Vivian St building. The Police investigation to find the man who was seen carrying the suitcase into the building just before 7.30am that da...