22 Feb 2022

Dimetrius Pairama's murderers to appeal convictions and sentences

10:29 am on 22 February 2022

Two people who kidnapped, tortured and hanged a 17-year-old will begin to appeal their convictions and prison sentences today.

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Kerry Te Amo and Toko Shane Rei Winter were found guilty of the murder in 2019. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Kerry Te Amo and Toko Shane Rei Winter were found guilty of murdering Dimetrius Pairama after a three-week trial at the High Court in Auckland in 2019.

The teenager's body was found in a drum at a derelict house in Māngere in July 2018.

Both were jailed for life.

The hearing at the Court of Appeal in Wellington will be done remotely, beginning at 10am.