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Mark Wilfred Harvey

Alias

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Offences

Manslaughter of Lost Breed gang vice-president Guy Henman in May 1997 on his Lud Valley, Nelson property

Victims

Guy Henman

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1956

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to eight years in November 1997

Background
From The Press July 30th 1997
The man accused of murdering Lost Breed gang vice- president Guy Henman in May later admitted spending the following night feeding a fire to burn the body, the Nelson District Court was told yesterday.

Mark Wilfred Harvey, 41, a retired skipper of Lud Valley north of Nelson, appeared yesterday for a depositions hearing on the charge that he murdered Mr Henman on May 2. He also faces charges of offering an indignity to Mr Henman's dead body and to the possession of cannabis for supply. Harvey's lawyer, Hamish Riddoch, said the accused would plead not guilty to all charges if, at the end of the depositions, there was a prima facie case to answer.

From The Press November 14th 1997
Nelson man Mark Harvey is considering an appeal after being sentenced to eight years in jail for manslaughter. Harvey, 42, of Lud Valley, was sentenced in the High Court in Wellington on Wednesday for fatally shooting and then burning the body of Lost Breed gang vice-president Guy Henman

From The Press October 7th 1997
Unpaid drug debts and stolen cannabis were behind the shooting of Lost Breed motorcycle gang vice president Guy Henman in May, prosecutor Nicola Crutchley told a High Court jury yesterday.

Mark Wilfred Harvey, 41, a retired fishing skipper, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Henman at Harvey's Lud Valley small holding on May 2 but at the opening of his trial before Justice Gallen yesterday he pleaded guilty to a charge of burning Mr Henman's dead body.

Ms Crutchley and Mary-Jane Thomas appear for the Crown and Harvey is represented by Hamish Riddoch and Matthew Cox. Ms Crutchley said Harvey had been involved in supplying drugs and in March suffered the burglary of a safe in his home.

From The Press October 14th 1997
The police recovered cannabis valued at $30,000 from a Lud Valley property where Mark Wilfred Harvey shot Lost Breed vice- president Guy Henman on May 2. Jurors at Harvey's trial for murder yesterday were told evidence of the recovery of the cannabis in plastic supermarket and rubbish bags, some bearing Harvey's fingerprints.

Nelson detective Karl Parfitt said cannabis dealing was usually in imperial measure with high quality head material fetching $4000 to $5000 a pound and lesser quality ``cabbage'' ranging from $300 to $1000 a pound. The cannabis found on the Harvey property comprised six pounds of head and 12 pounds of "cabbage" giving a conservatively estimated value of $30,000

From The Press October 15th 1997
Mark Wilfred Harvey does not deny killing Guy Henman, the vice-president of the Lost Breed Motorcycle Club, his defence lawyer, Hamish Riddoch, said yesterday. Opening his case on the seventh day of the trial, Mr Riddoch said the claim of self-defence for the events at Lud Valley on May 2 had already been flagged clearly.

The law said anyone was justified in using what he believed was reasonable force to defend himself. Mr Henman had gone to Harvey's home and presented a pistol in an obvious rage. ``The defence says you could not conceive a more serious or imminent threat than that.'' He said it was the Crown's case that Harvey was a cannabis dealer, but `"so what?".

From The Press October 17th 1997
Gang leader Guy Henman did not have a pistol as his killer, Mark Harvey, alleged but was unarmed when lured to Harvey's Lud Valley property and shot, it was suggested yesterday. Crown prosecutor Nicola Crutchley said the Lost Breed vice- president was vulnerable because his love for Cindy Ashard had been used to get him to Lud Valley on May 2 so Harvey could confront him about money owing.

Harvey denied this, saying he did not want to see Mr Henman in the mood he was in. Taken through the events of the day Harvey agreed the earliest Mr Henman could have arrived at Lud Valley was 11.35 to 11.40am and that after an angry exchange and the pistol being presented he had shot Mr Henman.

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