William Dwane Bell
Encyclopedia
William Dwane Bell is a convicted New Zealand
murderer who is serving a 30 year non-parole
prison sentence at Paremoremo Prison
, the longest non-parole sentence ever passed in New Zealand.
RSA
clubrooms, where he had been fired from a job as a bartender
three months earlier. He killed the club president, a club member and an employee. He also seriously injured another club employee. His co-offender, Darnell Tupe, had gone with him to the club but remained outside while Bell committed the murders inside. Bell was initially jailed for a minimum non-parole period of 33 years but that was reduced by three years on appeal.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
murderer who is serving a 30 year non-parole
Parole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
prison sentence at Paremoremo Prison
Paremoremo Prison
Auckland Prison , is a prison facility consisting of a medium security- and a maximum security-prison compound in Paremoremo, North Shore City, New Zealand...
, the longest non-parole sentence ever passed in New Zealand.
Criminal case
On Sunday morning, 8 December 2001, Bell entered the PanmurePanmure, New Zealand
Panmure is a south-eastern suburb of Auckland City, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 11 kilometres southeast of the city centre, close to the western banks of the Tamaki River and the northern shore of the Panmure Basin...
RSA
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association
The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association, often referred to as the Returned Services' Association but best known simply as the RSA, is one of the largest voluntary welfare organisations in New Zealand and one of the oldest ex-service organisations in the world.Wounded soldiers...
clubrooms, where he had been fired from a job as a bartender
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
three months earlier. He killed the club president, a club member and an employee. He also seriously injured another club employee. His co-offender, Darnell Tupe, had gone with him to the club but remained outside while Bell committed the murders inside. Bell was initially jailed for a minimum non-parole period of 33 years but that was reduced by three years on appeal.