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Offender Database Manu Royal

Manu Aperhama Royal

Alias

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Offences

Manslaughter of retired Wanganui man Donald Corby near Palmerston North in mid 1984
Also kidnapped three corrections officers at gunpoint in March 2005

Victims

Donald Corby

Offender Affiliations

Arthur Taylor

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1959

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just 9 years 6 months in October 1984
Sentenced to 4 years in December 2006 for the last set of offences

Background
NZ Herald story here
From Queer History New Zealand Part 4, about half way down;
"Retired sharebroker Donald Corby of Wanganui is punched and kicked to death near Palmerston North. Russell Graham, 18, and Manu Royal, 25, are later convicted of his manslaughter and sentenced to 7 1/2 and 9 1/2 years gaol."

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