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Offender Database Jack Blance

Jack Lyall Blance

Alias

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Offences

Along with two other offenders, killed Napier businessman Peter Kitchen without provocation in the street

Victims

Peter Kitchen
Jeff Pinfold

Offender Affiliations

Daniel Beams
Dallas Peneha

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1983

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just three years six months in May 2002
Released in March 2004

Background
Hawkes Bay Today story here

Also from the excellent GayNZ.com hate crime archives here
"Reported, 19 April 2001: Jeff Pinfold and Peter Kitchen were assaulted after leaving a Napier Bar by Dallas Peneha, Daniel Beams, and Jack Blance. Beams' girlfriend at the time of the attack witnessed it, and stated that one of them said, "Let's f*** these gay guys up." Kitchen later died of his injuries in Hawkes Bay Hospital on 23 April 2001."

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