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Offender Database Duane Shaw

Duane Mark Shaw

Alias

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Offences

Murder of his wife and two children in Wellington in early 1986
Two assaults on his new partner in 2004

Victims

Tania Thomson, Kylie, aged 3 years
and Mishana, aged 9 months

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1964

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to "life" imprisonment in November 1986
Was released on parole in 1996, back inside for assaulting his girlfriend
Parole declined February 2010
Had another hearing February 2011

Background
NZ Herald story here

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