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Offender Database Richard Lakich

Richard Thomas Lakich

Alias

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Offences

Bashed a Ranfurly, Central Otago police officer to death in May 1990

Victims

Senior Constable Peter Morris Umbers

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1970

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Convicted in October 1990 and was given a ten year life sentence.
Released April 2004

Background
Police Memorial page here has further info
This offender was released into the community on an unsupervised work scheme in 2003 according to this NZ First Press Release from Ron Mark

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