Dunedin cricket bat killing: Brutal murder of friend brings life in prison
7 May, 2021 07:58 PM
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Mr Bacon’s sister — his only sibling — Lia Bezett spoke of the pain of her loss. Video / ODT
Mr Bacon’s sister — his only sibling — Lia Bezett spoke of the pain of her loss. Video / ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A life sentence for the man who beat her brother to death with a cricket bat will never heal his family's wounds, his sister says.
The murder of 45-year-old Brent Andrew Bacon on February 4, 2019, represented John Kenneth Collins' second strike under the three-strikes legislation (his first came for indecent assault in 2016).