WELLINGTON, Nov 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The gunman who made New Zealand’s worst terrorist attack in two Christchurch mosques in 2019, has appealed his conviction and sentence.
The terrorist, Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people on Mar 15, 2019, in the largest city of the South Island, is currently serving a term of life imprisonment without parole on murder, attempted murder and terrorism charges, sentenced in Aug, 2020, after he pleaded guilty to all the charges.
The appeal was filed last Thursday, and the court has not set the date to hear the appeal, said a Court of Appeal spokesperson, today.
Tarrant has been held in a prison with “maximum security” in Auckland, according to local media.
New Zealand tightened the regulation of guns and banned military-style semi-automatic weapons, following the terrorist attack.– NNN-XINHUA
