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Offender Databases David McSweeney

David Charles McSweeney

Alias

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Offences

Murdered his wife by stabbing her 30 times before slitting her throat in Siverdale, north of Auckland in April 2006
Also kidnapped and injured his mother-in-law

Victims

Suzanne Marie McSweeney
Doreen Radford

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none

Age

Born 1952

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to life imprisonment with a 15 year non-parole period in November 2006
Earliest parole date April 2021

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
Sentencing detailed here
McSweeney is a former detective who put the cuffs on the Rainbow Warrior saboteurs and brought Parnell Panther Mark Stephens to justice.

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