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Offender Database Brian Aporo

Brian Desmond Aporo

Alias

Brian Smith

Offences

Cut the throats of his two children, his neighbour, also attempted to stab his partner and another neighbour to death in December 1999 in Rawene, Northland

Victims

Israel Aporo
Keziah Te Huia Smith
Trevor Francis Mokaraka

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

Nomads when he was just 14, has severed connections since

Age

Born 1969

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Found not guilty but insane in March 2001. Committed as a special patient

Background
NZ Herald story here and here. The family of the victims asked the government to act upon the then recent referendum. Another one that appears to have slipped through the cracks in the mental system...

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