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Justin Jeffries pleads guilty to Rotorua triple murder charges
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Justin Jeffries pleads guilty to Rotorua triple murder charges

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • Justin Matthew Jeffries pleaded guilty to murdering three people in Rotorua.
  • He had previously denied the charges on insanity grounds, but a judge found him fit to plead.

Justin Matthew Jeffries, 52, has pleaded guilty to murdering three people in Rotorua.

Jeffries had previously denied the three murder charges on the grounds of insanity. At the High Court in Rotorua, Justice Kiri Tahana found him fit to plead, after which he changed his pleas to guilty.

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