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Offender Database Timothy Taylor

Timothy David Taylor

Alias

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Offences

Murdered Lisa Blakie in the Castle Hill Basin area on or around 2nd February 1999
Also convicted in 2001 of kidnapping and aggravated robbery offences in the Christchurch area
Also raped a Rangiora teenager in 1986, convicted in 2003

Victims

Lisa Blakie

Offender Affiliations

none known

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1965

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to "life imprisonment" in April 2002
Parole denied February 2012
Has next hearing February 2013

Background
NZ Herald story here
Details of the earlier rape are here
This Listener article has a brief summary of this case
February 2000: Sex worker Lisa Blakie’s body was found under a boulder in the Porter River, in the foothills of the Southern Alps, four days after she was battered to death by Christchurch man Timothy Taylor, 35. Following his conviction for the Blakie murder, Taylor was also convicted of the rape of a teenager in Rangiora. The teenager came forward to report she had also been Taylor’s victim.

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