An 80-year-old man, John Alfred Salter, was sentenced to 4 years for murdering his 78-year-old wife, Jean, in Mount Maunganui.
An 80-year-old man, John Alfred Salter, was sentenced to four years imprisonment for killing his 78-year-old wife, Jean, in a retirement village in Mount Maunganui. Salter pleaded guilty to murdering his wife, strangling her with a necktie he'd hidden behind a cushion. Justice Francis Cooke did not impose a minimum period of imprisonment and Salter would be eligible for parole after serving one-third of his sentence.
February 28, 2024
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