The white supremacist who shot and killed 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has lost an attempt to undo his guilty pleas in an appeal court ruling.The panel of three judges at New Zealand’s Court of Appeal dismissed Brenton Tarrant’s claim that harsh prison conditions prompted him to make an involuntarily admission to terrorism, murder and attempted murder charges. Tarrant’s bid to withdraw his guilty pleas and seek a trial was “utterly devoid of merit”, they wrote. The Australian man, who is now 35, killed 51 worshippers and injured dozens more in March 2019 when he drove...
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