Brenton Tarrant: White supremacist sentenced to life without parole for killing 51 Muslims in New Zealand mosque attacks – By Donna-Marie Lever and Richard Williams (Sky News) / Aug 27 2020
Prosecutors had said Tarrant wanted to instil fear in those he described as invaders and he carefully planned the attacks.
A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life without parole.
It’s the longest prison term handed out in New Zealand’s legal history, and a penalty never before used in the country.
Justice Cameron Mander delivered Tarrant’s fate after a marathon four-day hearing that has seen some 91 victims face the killer in court telling, him of the physical, emotional and mental scars his crimes have left on their lives.
“You showed no mercy. It was brutal and beyond callous – your actions were inhumane,” Justice Mander told him.
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