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Offender Databases Gerald Adamson

Gerald Jon Adamson

Alias

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Offences

Rape, sexual assault and killing of 21 year old university student Lisa King in Sydney, Australia in October 1999

Victims

Lisa King

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1980

Current Location

Currently at large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 14 years with a 10 year 6 month non-parole period in June 2001
Deported back to NZ in August 2011

Background
Australian Daily Telegraph story here
AAP story from June 1st 2001
A man who pleaded guilty to the rape and manslaughter of a woman at a party the prime minister's son had attended was today jailed for at least ten-and-a-half years.

Gerald Jon Adamson, 20, was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court after admitting to two charges of aggravated sexual assault without consent and to the manslaughter of 21-year-old university student Lisa King in October 1999.

Adamson has received one of the toughest sentences for manslaughter in New South Wales.

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