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Offender Databases Mark Lundy

Mark Edward Lundy

Alias

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Offences

Murdered Christine and Amber Lundy on the evening of 29th August 2000, or more likely the early hours of the morning of the 30th August 2000 in Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North

Victims

Christine Lundy
Amber Lundy

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1960

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to a minimum 17 year life sentence in March 2002, later extended to 20 years
Parole eligibility from March 2022

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
Court of appeal decision here
Note that it now appears that the time of the killing was not 7 PM as originally put forward in the Crown case, but much later, perhaps 1-2 AM the following morning, a theory that was put forward in the TV One programme The Investigator

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