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Offender Databases Tony Norman

Tony Brian Norman

Alias

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Offences

Murder of his ex partner after breaking into a house and unlawfully detaining her using a knife, in Christchurch in September 2006
Also previous assaults of the same victim

Victims

Ariana Gabrielle Burgess

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1985

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to a life sentence with a 15 year non-parole period in June 2007
Eligible for parole from September 2021

Background
NZ Herald story here
The two had split because of his previous violence to her. The woman's two-year-old daughter was in the car at the time of the murder

This Listener article has a brief summary of this case
September 2006: Christchurch woman Ariana Burgess, 24, was stabbed to death by her former partner Tony Norman in her car, with her two-year-old daughter in the back seat. Burgess moved out of their home after Norman attacked her. Norman followed Burgess to a friend’s house where she was staying and listened outside the window. He believed she was having sex with someone at the house and had laughed about him.

The next day he broke into the house and forced Burgess to leave at knifepoint, taking her daughter with them. As they were driving through Christchurch Burgess hit the car horn, attracting attention. Norman then attacked Burgess with the knife, stabbing her at least 17 times.

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