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Article: BURTON: I WAS GUTTED I WASN'T KILLED.(FRONT PAGE)
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- New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
- Article date:
- March 7, 2007
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Byline: Mike Houlahan and Paula Oliver
Graeme Burton thought he was doing society a favour by shutting down Wellington's drug dealers, the convicted murderer's account of his time on the run says.
However, he claims that during a confrontation with police -- minutes after he had murdered father-of-two Karl Kuchenbecker -- he realised he was the bad guy.
''I had to be shot quick,'' Burton said in a personal submission to the Parole Board inquiry which examined his six months of freedom.
''I saw the police and thought, 'It's over'. I was happy. I ran at them smiling, thinking, 'It's over, thank God it's over'. The police shot me and I was hit in the artery in ...