The mosque New Zealand shooter sentenced to life without parole

The mosque New Zealand shooter sentenced to life without parole

Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) – The white supremacist that 51 worshipers at two mosques New Zealand was killed in prison for life sentenced Thursday without the possibility of parole. The judge imposed the maximum sentence available to 29-year-old gunman Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the first time the sentence is introduced in New Zealand. Judge Cameron Mander said Tarrant crimes were so bad that not atone life in prison could start for them. He said it had caused huge losses and pain and came from a twisted ideology and evil. “Your actions were inhumane,” said Mander. “They killed aware of a 3 year old child, when his hand on the leg of his father.” The attacks in March 2019 targeted people praying at Al Noor and Linwood shocked mosques New Zealand and new laws be asked to ban the deadliest types of semi-automatic weapons. He asked, even global changes to relations of social media for the shooter’s attack on Facebook as a live stream. During the four-day sentencing hearing, 90 survivors and family members of the terrorist attacks which continue to feel the trauma, he says. Some chose the gunman cry and give him the finger. Others have called it a monster, a coward, a mouse. Some sang verses of the Quran in Arabic or addressed. A few spoke quietly Tarrant, say forgive. Tarrant had already fired his lawyers and told the judge that he would not speak at the hearing. appointed a standby lawyer by the court, the judge said Tarrant opposed a sentence of life imprisonment. Mander noted that Tarrant had recently told councilors that now rejects its extremist philosophy and keeps his attacks “hateful and irrational.” But Mander, sincerity said this change of heart was questionable and Tarrant had no empathy for his victims or bereaved shown for what he had done. Tarrant had pleaded guilty in March to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one count of terrorism, his previous repents guilty pleas. Prosecutors said Tarrant a drone over the Al Noor Mosque and explored the layout was transported when he meticulously planned his attacks. It ‘came with six guns, including two AR-15. Attorney Mark Zarifeh said the aim was to kill as many people as possible. “The actions perpetrators a painful and heartbreaking mark in the history of New Zealand,” he said. Tarrant was thinner to listen greatly in his conviction when he was arrested. He did not show the courage that he did during his first court appearance the day after the attacks, when he made a gesture with his hand sometimes accepted by white racists. Dressed in a gray prison outfit pointing Tarrant bit ‘of emotion during his sentencing. He looked at the speakers, sometimes a little nod or covering the mouth when he laughed jokes, often done at his expense. Sara Qasem said Thursday during the four-day hearing Abdelfattah of their beloved father, who was killed in the attacks. “All that a daughter ever wants is his father. I want to go to car travel more with him. I want his garden-sourced cooking smell. Her Cologne,” he said. “I will say to me to hear more about the olive trees in Palestine. I want to hear her voice. The voice of my father. My voice baba.” Copyright
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