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Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook John Collins was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Brent Bacon, when he appeared in the Dunedin High Court this morning. Collins killed the 45-year-old father-of-three late on 4 February 2019 at the state housing unit of Collins wife in the Dunedin suburb of St Clair. The 39-year-old beat Bacon with such ferocity he broke the cricket bat in two. Collins, along with his wife Aleisha Dawson, wrapped Bacon s body in a sleeping bag and put it into his car. Collins and Dawson then disposed of Bacons s body near Waitati, north of Dunedin, before fleeing to the North Island in the victim s car. ....
Lia Bezett, sister of murdered man Brent Bacon, speaks outside court after the sentencing of John Collins. John Collins killed his friend and father-of-three Brent Bacon with a cricket bat, and later dumped his body off a rural road. The 39-year-old appeared for sentencing before Justice Jan-Marie Doogue in the High Court of Dunedin on Friday. He will serve at least 17 years in jail. That followed a six-day trial, in which jurors later unanimously convicted Collins, who had earlier pleaded guilty to improperly interfering with the body and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle, of murder. During the trial the Crown argued Bacon was murdered at a Lock St home, which Collins shared with his wife, Aleisha Dawson, on the night of February 4, 2019. ....
Dunedin cricket bat killing: Brutal murder of friend brings life in prison 7 May, 2021 07:58 PM 4 minutes to read 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). ....
Cricket bat killing: Dunedin murder victim Brent Bacon loved, missed 12 Mar, 2021 07:46 PM 9 minutes to read Brent Bacon and Lia Bezett on her wedding day. Photo / Supplied Otago Daily Times By: Rob Kidd Brent Bacon came to Dunedin for a fresh start in 2018, a move that brought him closer to family and gave his life stability. But within months he was dead, beaten to death with a cricket bat. Rob Kidd looks at how the tragedy unfolded and speaks to a family left clutching the memories of a larger-than-life personality. After John Collins was found guilty of murdering Brent Bacon, he bustled downstairs from the courtroom, refusing to look his betrayal in the face. ....