“I have told [our daughter] that her dad is in the sky. Now if I ask her where is dad, she points to the sky.” McMaster said she wanted to see Locke spend the rest of his life in prison. “I hate Tristan for what he has done to our family. Our future has been stolen. Mark will never come home to us.” Cowling, originally from New Plymouth, moved to Christchurch six years ago, said his father, Graham Cowling. He said Cowling had no job, no accommodation and likely very little money, but he set about forging a new life.