R v Tarrant - [2020] NZHC 2192

Date of Judgment

27 August 2020

Decision

R v Tarrant (PDF 454 KB)

Summary

Offender pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one of committing a terrorist act after shooting worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch. Court held that no minimum period of imprisonment would be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of sentencing. Offender sentenced to life imprisonment without parole under s 103 (2A) Sentencing Act 2002.