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Offender Database John Wharekura

John Michael Jaymain Wharekura

Alias

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Offences

Murder of Tanya Burr in her Rotorua flat in September 2002, in an unprovoked Home Invasion

Victims

Tanya Jeanine Burr

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

Mongrel Mob

Age

Born 1986

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Was sentenced to just 14 years in September 2003.
Eligible for parole from October 2016

Background
NZ Herald story here.
There is far more information and some further images at the Tanya Burr Memorial site

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