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New Zealand: Christchurch Murderer Appeals Life Sentence

Tony Ellis, a lawyer for Brenton Tarrant, explained that his client claimed to have admitted the facts under duress and to have “decided that the easiest solution was to plead guilty.”

The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 has appealed his life sentence, a judicial official said on Tuesday.

In March 2019, Brenton Tarrant used an arsenal of semi-automatic weapons to shoot worshipers attending Friday prayers at two Christchurch mosques in cold blood, broadcasting footage of his attack live on social media. His victims were all Muslim and included children, women and the elderly.

51 murders

He was sentenced in August 2020 to life in prison without the possibility of parole (the first in New Zealand) after pleading guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one act of terrorism.

“An appeal has been filed against the convictions and sentence,” Liz Kennedy, a spokeswoman for the judge’s office, said Tuesday.

During the pronouncement of the sentence, Judge Cameron Mander had pronounced against the murderer “the most severe possible punishment” for his “inhuman” acts.

“His crimes are so cruel that even if he is held until his death, it will not meet the needs of punishment,” Cameron Mander said at the time.

Author: GA with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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