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- In finding the teenagers guilty of murder, the jury rejected the defence’s assertion that they were insane. Because both were under 18 – Pauline was 16 and Juliet 15 – neither could be sentenced to death. Their punishment was ‘detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure’.
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The Parker–Hulme murder case was the murder of Honorah Mary Rieper (also known as Honorah Mary Parker) in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 22 June 1954. The perpetrators were Rieper's teenage daughter Pauline Parker and her friend Juliet Hulme. Parker was 16 at the time, while Hulme was 15.
- Harriet Said
Harriet is the older at 14 and the leader of the two. The...
- All The Birds, Singing
Peter Clothier in The Huffington Post: "Wyld's prose is as...
- Victoria Park
The park was formally opened by William Rolleston on 22 June...
- Harriet Said
In 1954, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were convicted of one of New Zealand’s most brutal and high-profile murders. It was a sunny, crisp Tuesday afternoon in June when the girls attacked...
- Anna Leask
Seventy years after Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were convicted of one of New Zealand’s most brutal and high-profile murders, senior journalist Anna Leask speaks exclusively to Juliet’s...
- Anna Leask
After serving a five-year sentence for the murder, Perry had changed her name (formerly Juliet Hulme) and returned to the United Kingdom. She was identified by the media following the release of the film Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, which is based on the case.
Armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand's most notorious female murderers when they killed Pauline's mother, Honorah, in Victoria Park, Christchurch.
Jun 27, 2023 · A detective later testified that Parker’s mother “had been attacked with an animal ferocity seldom seen in the most brutal murders,” and police found the bloodied brick nearby. Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were arrested and charged with Honorah Rieper’s murder.
The grisly killing of Honorah Parker in 1954 by her daughter Pauline and her friend Juliet Hulme in a Christchurch park remains one of New Zealand's most notorious murders. Abby Gillies of APNZ...
