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New Zealand judge sentences mosque shooter to life without parole for 'wicked' crimes

Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks. [Reuters]

A New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the country’s deadliest shooting, saying the sentence was not enough punishment for the “wicked” crimes.

It was the first time a court in New Zealand had sentenced a person to prison for the rest of their life.

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