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Parole denied for the 14th time for mass murderer

  • Written by Jeni




Mass murderer Raymond Ratima, who has been denied parole for the 14th time, had wanted to live with his new partner.

Stuff website says the Parole Board ruled the killings, which happened because of a relationship breakdown, made him living with a new partner a concern.

Ratima’s three sons, Piri, 6, Barney, 4 and Stacey, 2 were killed in their grandparents’ Masterton home on June 26, 1992.

The website said Ratima, now in his mid-50s, also killed their uncle, 14-year-old Phillip Ferguson Jr, their aunt Nicola Ferguson, her partner Bevan Tepu, Nicola and Bevan's 2-year-old son Steven, and the couple's unborn baby, who was just a month away from birth.

Read the full report here.

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