28 Aug 2020

Mosque shootings: Harshest possible penalty for mass murderer

From Morning Report, 7:08 am on 28 August 2020

Warning: This story contains some discussion of the Christchurch mosque shootings, which may upset some people.

He'll never experience freedom again The country's worst mass murderer, Brenton Tarrant will never leave prison.

His sentence of life without parole was greeted by the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks with relief and tears.

Conan Young was in court yesterday as the unprecedented sentence was passed.

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