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Offender Database Gaye Oakes

Gaye Rosemary Oakes

Alias

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Offences

Murder of her de facto partner in Christchurch in 1994

Victims

Douglas Gardner

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1962

Current Location

Christchurch - at large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to "life imprisonment" in April 1995
Paroled October 2002

Background
Scoop story here
The story is detailed at the crime.co.nz site here

This was a controversial case in that there were claims of domestic violence on both sides. However the only act of violence that would appear to have been witnessed was one carried out on Gardner by Oakes. The method of killing in this instance was by poisoning and would have involved some planning.

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