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Offender Database Christopher Lobb

Christopher James Lobb

Alias

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Offences

Murdered Moana King by setting her Waikato home alight in July 1997

Victims

Moana King

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1960

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to life imprisonment with a 5 year concurrent term in May 1998
Expected to have been already paroled

Background
Background from Otago Daily Times May 1998
A jury in the High Court at Hamilton yesterday found a Cambridge man guilty of murder and arson. Christopher James Lobb (38) was convicted by Justice Penlington and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Moana King (34) last July. She died of severe burns after fire destroyed her home. The judge also sentenced Lobb to five years' jail for the arson, which is to be served concurrently

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