Consider the 'beauty of diversity' while in prison - Daughter of New Zealand mosque victim tells gunman


A lady whose mother was killed as a result of Brenton Tarrant shootings at Christchurch mosque, has advised the killer, to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy while in prison.

Tarrant is faced with life imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one charge of committing a terrorist act during the 2019 shooting rampage in the city of Christchurch which he livestreamed on Facebook.

The daughter of Linda Armstrong sobbed as she addressed the court in Christchurch on Tuesday, the second day of the sentencing hearing.

"You robbed me of my mother, of her love and strength. Likely you will also never again feel the love and warmth of your mother's hug either. While I have pity for your mum, I have no emotion for you. You are nothing," said Angela Armstrong.

"While he will remain trapped in a cage my mum is free. I therefore challenge Tarrant to use his remaining lifetime to consider the beauty and life to be found in diversity and freedom that he sought to distort and destroy."

A murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The judge can impose a life term without parole, a sentence that has never been used in New Zealand.



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