New Zealand Court Rejects Christchurch Mosque Shooter's Appeal
The court said his convictions were supported by overwhelming evidence and rejected claims that prison conditions made his guilty pleas involuntary.
- On Thursday, the New Zealand Court of Appeal rejected Brenton Tarrant's bid to overturn his 2020 guilty pleas for the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks, dismissing his claim that prison conditions rendered him irrational.
- Tarrant, the Australian terrorist who murdered 51 worshippers in March 2019, argued his guilty pleas were provoked by "irrationality" induced by solitary confinement while serving life without parole.
- Judges found Tarrant's claims inconsistent with evidence from corrections staff and psychologists, concluding he remained of sound mind and was not coerced into pleading guilty.
- The court granted Tarrant's application to abandon his sentence appeal, while victims told national broadcaster RNZ the ruling spares them from reliving the trauma of a new trial.
- Legal experts suggest Tarrant may pursue other avenues such as human rights bodies at the United Nations level or petition the Supreme Court to challenge his life sentence.
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milletnews.comNew Zealand court dismisses Christchurch mosque attacker’s appeal
Brenton Tarrant was seeking to withdraw his guilty pleas
The man who carried out an attack on two mosques in New Zealand in 2019, shooting dead 51 people, is not allowed to appeal his criminal case. With this ruling, the New Zealand Court of Appeal determined that Brenton Tarrant's life sentence stands. The Australian Tarrant, who streamed footage of the massacre via Facebook, pleaded guilty in 2020 and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In 2022, he intended to appea…
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AlKhaleej TodayNew Zealand court rejects appeal by Christchurch mosque shooter
The white supremacist who shot to death 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, lost his bid to overturn his convictions and sentence at the country's Court of Appeal on Thursday.
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