Convicted double murderer Mark Lundy released on parole | RNZ

Convicted double murderer Mark Lundy has been released from Tongariro Prison | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

He was granted parole last month, but the date for his release from prison was suppressed until noon on Wednesday. Corrections confirmed he had left about 6am.

Where he would live and who he would live with were also suppressed.

The now-66-year-old has always maintained his innocence, after twice being found guilty of killing his wife Christine and daughter Amber in their Palmerston North home in August 2000.

He was arrested in early 2001 and, apart from 18 months when he was on bail awaiting his retrial, has been in custody since. Lundy was sentenced to a 20-year minimum term and was eligible for parole in 2022.

Read more: www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560206/convicted-doubl…