Source: Radio New Zealand
March 2019 massacres happened at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. RNZ / Nate McKinnon
The Court of Appeal will hear from the lawyers who would have represented Brenton Tarrant if he went to trial.
The 35-year-old white supremacist is seeking to overturn his guilty pleas for the March 2019 massacres at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre.
He now claims he only pleaded guilty as he was irrational due to the solitary nature of his prison conditions.
The court heard the terrorist told his then-lawyers that he always intended to plead guilty.
But the terrorist disputed that, telling the court he planned on representing himself at trial and running his own defence.
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