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Ronald Joseph Krynen

Alias

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Offences

Killed Bishopdale man Bernard Dell in August 1995, also tried to kill his wife after invading their home.

Victims

Bernard and Denise Dell

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1976

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to a minimum 12 years 6 months in July 1996
Paroled April 2011

Background
NZ Herald story here
From a Christchurch Press article 26th July 1996
Convicted murderer Ronald Joseph Krynen will serve at least twelve years and six months in prison before he is eligible for parole, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. Justice Moran yesterday granted an application by Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh to extend the minimum non-parole period imposed for murder and told Krynen: "I am satisfied that the exceptional circumstances are such that public fear of such bad offending was engendered. It is every family's nightmare to be attacked in their own house in the way you did''.

After deliberating for six hours, a jury in the High Court earlier this month found Krynen, 20, unemployed, guilty of murdering Bishopdale man Bernard Dell and attempting to murder his wife, Denise Dell, at their home on August 19. Krynen denied the charges. After answering a knock at her front door, Mrs Dell was confronted by Krynen, wearing camouflage trousers, his face painted with camouflage paint, wielding an axe. He attacked her, and Mr Dell, answering his wife's cries for help, came to her aid and was attacked with the axe.

Mr Dell received repeated blows from the axe to his body and head and died a short time later. Mrs Dell received life-threatening injuries which required hospital treatment. The couple's daughter, 15, saw the attacks and fled for help. In seeking an minimum non-parole term, Mr Zarifeh said the killing was an execution in the fact that it was pre-meditated and had a degree of planning, it was motivated by Krynen's desire to do something dramatic which would cause him to be shot by the police, and it was deliberate and sustained. In reply, defence counsel James O'Neill submitted that no evidence indicated that there was pre-planning to kill Mr Dell and attempt to murder Mrs Dell.

Counsel said the evidence showed planning by Krynen for his self- destruction, but there was no explanation why Krynen inflicted death and pain on the Dells. Justice Moran said the violence Krynen inflicted and the use of an axe were exceptional enough to warrant a minimum period longer than a mandatory life sentence. His Honour said it was apparent that Krynen's death wish remained and there was a real risk of him attempting to mutilate or harm himself.

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