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Offender Database Leith Ray

Leith Rex Ray

Alias

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Offences

Murdered an elderly couple of Te Akau in the Waikato in May 1994

Victims

John and Josie Harrisson

Offender Affiliations

Gresham Marsh

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1975

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 10 years in July 1994.
First parole hearing June 2004
Has next hearing February 2012

Background
See at the bottom of NZ Herald story here
Further info here from this article
Yahoo Xtra story here
Last parole board decision documented here

Every parole application has been declined since his first and parole was again denied in February 2011.

Also from WYSIWYG News July 1994;
Graham Marsh (22) and Leigh Ray (19) have been sentenced to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to murdering an elderly couple in Te Akau, John and Josephine Harrison on 31 May.
The Minister of Justice has rejected a request from Marsh's family that he should never be paroled. They also asked that the Minister of Justice introduce three degrees of murder. This was also rejected.

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