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Court of Appeal reveals reason it quashed Wayne Montaperto's 1988 convictions 5 May, 2021 09:22 PM 3 minutes to read The Court of Appeal has released the reasons why Wayne Montaperto's convictions were quashed. Photo / File The Court of Appeal has released the reasons why Wayne Montaperto's convictions were quashed. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today The Court of Appeal has released its reasoning for quashing child abduction and sex-related convictions for a Napier man police wrongly suspected of having killed schoolgirl Teresa Cormack. Wayne Montaperto, now aged in his mid-60s, was convicted of k...

Kidnapping convictions quashed after more than 30 years © RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A man who was once a suspect in the killing of Teresa Cormack has had convictions he received because of that association quashed. Today the Court of Appeal cleared Wayne Montaperto of child kidnapping, more than 30 years after he was convicted for it. In 1988 he had been convicted of the 1986 kidnapping of four children in Flaxmere. Police's interest in the Flaxmere kidnapping had been reignited because of the 1987 kidnapping and murder of six-year-old Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack. Montaperto was inte...

Court of Appeal quashes Wayne Montaperto's convictions, ending 33-year battle 20 Apr, 2021 03:55 AM 4 minutes to read Wayne Montaperto back in the days when he was publicly revealed as a Teresa Cormack homicide suspect. He was exonerated years later when another man was arrested and jailed. Photo / File Wayne Montaperto back in the days when he was publicly revealed as a Teresa Cormack homicide suspect. He was exonerated years later when another man was arrested and jailed. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A Napier man police wrongly suspected had killed schoolgirl Teresa Cormack has had child a...

A Napier man has finally cleared his name after 33 years battling serious child abuse convictions 20 April 2021 The Court of Appeal has today quashed Wayne Montaperto's convictions for child abduction and sex offences. He has served a jail term, was seriously beaten in a vigilante attack in Napier, and deported from Australia over the convictions. During inquiries into Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack's death in 1987, police resumed an earlier investigation into Montaperto, which led to convictions for kidnapping and indecent acts. He always denied the charges and now his convictions have b...