Ashburton Work and Income killer's appeal dismissed
STACY SQUIRES/FAIRFAX NZ. A jury in the High Court in Christchurch found Tully guilty of killing Work and Income workers Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland on Monday September 1, 2014 and guilty of the attempted murder of Kim Adams. A man who gunned down two Work and Income staff members in mid-Canterbury has had an appeal against his conviction and sentence dismissed. Russell John Tully, 54, appeared in the Court of Appeal in Christchurch in October to fight his life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 27 years, claiming he had medical conditions that affected his mental capacity. Tu...
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