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Abducted, raped and murdered six year old Teresa Cormack in Napier in June 1987.
Also committed numerous other sex attacks from when he was a teenager.
Teresa Cormack and all her family
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none known
Born 1959
Prison
Sentenced under the laws applicable at the time of the offence - 1987 - meaning
that he got a non-parole period of seven years.
However he is unlikly to be
paroled as the judge also saw fit to impose a sentence of preventive detention.
He was also given a 14 year sentence for Teresa's abduction,
therefore he will serve at least 9 years 4 months before he can even be considered for possible release.
Eligible for parole from February 2012
Background
NZ Herald story here and
another story detailing his extensive previous criminal history. If he had been locked up for life on the second or third offence Teresa would be alive today.