Jason MacKrell

Murderer

1known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: New Zealand
Location: Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
Date of birth: 1969
Age at first offence: 28
Characteristics: rape
Victim profile: Catherine Croster, 78
Method of murder: Beating with her walking cane and a tin of paint
Date(s) of murder: February 24, 1997
Years active: 1997
Date of arrest: —
Status: Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life in prison on October 15, 1997

Case Summary

Case record

Jason Craig Mackrell was sentenced to life in prison on October 15, 1997. He was also convicted of raping a 77 year-old woman on July 7, 1995.

Background

Jason Craig Mackrell was 28 and was a sickness beneficiary. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Peter Miller believed that a family history of manic depressive illness was a reason for Mackrell's actions.

The offence

Mackrell was found guilty of raping, sodomising and murdering Catherine Croster, 78, in her Carter's Street home in Christchurch on February 24, 1997.

He was also found guilty of raping a 77 year-old woman on July 7, 1995.

Investigation

Miss Croster's body was found under a pile of rubbish in her garage.

In a videotaped interview with police, Mackrell admitted assaulting Croster in her garage and hitting her on the head with her walking cane and a tin of paint. He then raped and sodomised her.

Trial

Mackrell pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Sentencing

Mackrell was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 15, 1997.

Aftermath

Mackrell was in Christchurch's Paparua Prison.

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