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Offender Database Robin Pope

Robin Albert Pope

Alias

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Offences

Murder of two Timaru men on Boxing Day, 1986
Williams was the lead offender

Victims

Steven Hartley
Paul Wilson

Offender Affiliations

Frederick Williams
Brian Pope (son)

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1957

Current Location

At large in Kaiapoi.

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to "life" ten years in October 1987
Paroled September 2001

Background
This was considered one of the most brutal killings Christchurch police had dealt with. The judge labelled Williams a "psychopathic killer". The only motive was that one of the victims had supposedly told the police that Williams was in possession of stolen pork. Williams and Pope kidnapped the victims, shot them in the head and dumped the bodies in the sea.

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