escalating violence in our community Become a member of the Sensible Sentencing Trust

Mouseover links for full page descriptions

Offender Database Charles Coulam

Charles John Coulam

Alias

.

Offences

Raped and murdered Monica Cantwell on the slopes of Mt Maunganui in November 1989.
Also broke into the flat of a Remuera, Auckland woman and attempted to rape her nine days earlier

Victims

Monica Cantwell

Offender Affiliations

.

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1969

Current Location

Mason Clinic, Auckland

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to "life imprisonment" in December 1989
Parole declined February 2011
Next hearing February 2013 after it has been deferred for two years

Background
NZ Herald story here.
Bay of Plenty Times story here gives details about his parole refusal/deferral
According to contemporary reports he was totally emotionless throughout court proceedings and police interviews

---

Corrections and Additional Information
We endeavour to make this database as accurate as possible, but we are at the mercy of whatever information we can find in various online and offline archives. We rely on the public - that is, people like you - to fill in the gaps that we cannot. If you wish to submit additional information or a correction to this file CLICK HERE . Privacy: Trust policy is that all sources are treated as strictly confidential unless we are explicitly told otherwise. If you wish to see a file removed from this database certain conditions must be met by the offender set out HERE Note that this does NOT apply for those that are the primary offender in a murder, rape, or any sexual offending involving minors. We do not enter into correspondence regarding the guilt/innocence of offenders. Such correspondence is not responded to, especially if the offender concerned has a number of prior convictions

Back to Top