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Offender Databases Rikki Ngatai-Check

Rikki Leigh Scott Ngatai-Check

Alias

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Offences

Murder of a two year old boy in Wanganui in October 2009

Victims

Karl Perigo-Check

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1987

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to life with a 17 year minimum non-parole period in March 2011
Earliest parole date November 2025

Background
NZ Herald story here with the sentencing detailed here
In sentencing Justice Williams said to Ngatai-Check: "You did a monstrous thing, but I do not think you are a monster". We say YEAH RIGHT!

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