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Stephen King
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Murdered his partner by battering her to death with an axe in January 2004 in Christchurch
Also had more than 150 other convictions, he was on bail at the time he committed this offence.
Ordette Lloyd-Rangiuia
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none known
Born 1969
Prison
Sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years in February 2005
Eligible for parole from February 2020
Background
NZ Herald story here and in more detail here
From The Press February 2005
A suitcase found in a rubbish skip nearby contained gloves owned by King and a 3kg axe with blood and hair on it. Bloodied clothing was found in a washing machine in the house, and blood in a laundry tub. The victim had 46 separate injuries, including 18 blows with a blunt instrument to the head. She also had a broken hyoid bone, revealing an attempt at strangulation had occurred, and wounds to the hands.
King was found in Spencer Park, north of Christchurch, after a six-day manhunt, having spent some of the time living rough. The court was told King was already serving a six-year jail sentence for burglary, imposed last April. The judge said a minimum non-parole term sought by the Crown would be heard in the High Court on March 10. He called for psychiatric and updated probation reports.
