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Offender Databases Shaun Staples

Shaun Christopher Staples

Alias

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Offences

Murder of Hastings pensioner William Boardman in the course of a premeditated robbery in his own home in 1995

Victims

William Boardman

Offender Affiliations

John Pouaka
Shayne Staples

Gang affiliations

Mongrel Mob

Age

Born 1977

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to a ten year life sentence in April 1996
First parole hearing September 2005
Has another hearing June 2010

Background
NZ Herald story here
Hawkes Bay Today story here
From a Sunday Star Times article 27 October 1996
Shayne Tamati Staples (17) and Shaun Christopher Staples (18) in 1995 murdered 80-year-old Hawke's Bay man William Boardman during a planned robbery at his home, repeatedly kicking and punching him in the head.

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