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 IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY

I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA

ŌTAUTAHI ROHE CRI-2019-009-2468 [2020] NZHC 2192

[1]Brenton Harrison Tarrant, you are for sentence this morning for the murder of 51 people and for your attempt to murder 40 other individuals. You are also to be sentenced for engaging in a terrorist act on 15 March last year.

The facts

[2]On that Friday morning you travelled from Dunedin to this city to attack two Christchurch mosques with the purpose of killing as many of the attending worshippers as you could. R v TARRANT [2020] NZHC 2192 [27 August 2020]