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Offender Database William Johansson

William Logan Johansson

Alias

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Offences

Lead co-offender of Ese Junior Falealii in armed robberies of a pizza bar in Howick and an ASB bank in Mangere respectively resulting in the murders of Marcus Doig and John Vaughn.
Also the attempted murder of John Wilfred Bell.
Also was involved in the killing of Benji Halaholo in 1995
Also had received a non-custodial sentence for assaulting his partner and mother of his daughter.

Victims

Marcus Doig
John Vaughan
Benji Halaholo

Offender Affiliations

Ese Junior Falealii
Pago Savaiinaea
Joseph Samoa
Filise Mafi
Francis Tapusoa
Asani Matulino
Tony Johansson
Tapaita Sinisa
Kenneth Kitiseni

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1977

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 23 years minimum non-parole in February 2004.
Due for his parole application May 2025.
No Statutory Release Date.

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
More is this story about the lead offender here
Court of Appeal decision here
This One News story with a video clip gives details about their sentencing and about the judge’s comments.

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