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Offender Database John Edmonds

John Henry Edmonds

Alias

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Offences

Murder of his daughter in Gisborne in September 1997.

Victims

Peti Taihuka Cherie Kokiri

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1963

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to life imprisonment in November 1997
Eligible for parole from September 2007

Background
From Otago Daily Times November 1997
A man who said he murdered his daughter "for God" was jailed for life when he appeared in the Gisborne High Court yesterday. John Henry Edmonds (34), unemployed, pleaded guilty to murdering Peti Taihuka Cherie Kokiri (12) on September 10. The girl had been abducted while on her way to school. Justice Tompkins said there was only one sentence the law allowed - life imprisonment. Edmonds was sentenced immediately after he admitted the charge

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