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Offender Database Joe Coleman

Joe Tua Coleman

Alias

We are advised his real name is Tom Coleman
"Bucket"

Offences

Beat George "Georgie Girl" Matehaere to death with a baseball bat in Otahuhu, Auckland in December 2002

Victims

George "Georgie Girl" Matehaere

Offender Affiliations

Abraham Wharewaka junior
Abraham Joseph Wharewaka Topia (President of Black Power)

Gang affiliations

Black Power

Age

Born 1963

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced in May 2004 to life imprisonment
Eligible for parole from January 2013

Background
NZ Herald story here
A certain conviction as the offence had a large number of witnesses, and he was seen leaving the scene by many more

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Corrections and Additional Information
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