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Offender Databases Jason Butler

Jason Robert John Butler

Alias

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Offences

Murder of his former partner in Tauranga in July 1997

Victims

Stephanie Baker

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1973

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to a ten year life sentence in April 1998
First parole hearing August 2007
Has next hearing June 2012

Background
The Press, Christchurch, April 8th 1998
After more than nine hours of deliberation, a High Court jury at Rotorua has found Jason Robert John Butler guilty of murdering his former partner, Stephanie Baker. Justice Giles last night sentenced Butler, 25, to the mandatory life imprisonment. Butler pleaded not guilty to murdering Miss Baker, the mother of his one-year-old daughter, at his parents' Tauranga home on July 18 last year. The court was told Butler stabbed Miss Baker in the back and throat when she arrived at his parents' home to drop off their daughter. Defence counsel Paul Mabey said Butler admitted the killing but claimed he was provoked.

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