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New Zealand to hear Christchurch mosque shooter's appeal against sentence

Brenton Tarrant argues mental deterioration from harsh prison conditions impaired his capacity to plead guilty in the 2019 mosque shootings, with 51 victims killed.

  • Brenton Tarrant, an Australian serving a life sentence without parole for the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings that killed 51, is seeking to overturn his guilty plea.
  • The mosque attacks, parts of which were livestreamed, prompted New Zealand to pass stricter gun laws and a buyback scheme for certain firearms.
  • A survivor says Tarrant likely wants 'his limelight and to be relevant again' by reopening trauma, but vows not to let him succeed.
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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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