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Offender Database Belinda Edmonds

Belinda Lee Edmonds

Alias

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Offences

Killed her six year old daughter in May 1999 in Hamilton after prolonged abuse

Victims

Mereana Edmonds

Offender Affiliations

Dorothy Tipene

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1968

Current Location

At large in the Wanganui area

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just five years in August 2000
Increased by the Crown to eight years on appeal
Released October 2005

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
No Parole Eligibility Date - Final Release Date October 2005 (at two thirds of sentence as required by legislation under which she was sentenced - Criminal Justice Act, since replaced by Parole Act)

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