Schoolgirl Killer Ziggy Stardust Buckeridge Refused Parole For Julie Sands Murder

A man who murdered a North Canterbury student and buried her in a shallow grave, placing the hood of an old car and a dead cat on top of his crude resting place, has been denied parole.

Julie Sands, 14, disappeared from Rangiora on Anzac Day in 1992.

Ziggy Stardust Buckeridge, then 30, assisted in the search for the teenager, before confessing four days later to the police that he had killed her and taking them to the place where he had tried to hide her body.

Julie had been stabbed in the chest and had her throat slit.

Buckeridge would later deny the charge of murdering Julie, but in October 1992 a jury found him guilty of the crime and of having illegal sex with his victim.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

He has been released on parole twice before, but has been called to prison both times for violating his conditions.

Buckeridge appeared before the Board of Parole again on September 3.

He is now 58 years old and serving his sentence in the Christchurch Men’s Prison.

The chairman of the board, Sir Ron Young, said that while things were looking more positive for the killer, he still could not be released.

“He has three pages of previous convictions involving two rapes, drug offenses and property crimes,” he said in his decision published today.

“It has had two recalls in 2005 and 2011.

“We last saw him in September 2019. At that stage, he had made good progress, but he was found using synthetic cannabis in 2017 and was sent back to the main prison.”

proposing to be released.

“We will have to take into account your views on the release of Mr. Buckeridge,” said Sir Ron.

“We see that Mr. Buckeridge’s idea is that after launch and completion [of the community programme] he would move to [another location] or somewhere on the north island for long-term accommodation. “

For now, Sir Ron said, Buckeridge was staying in prison.

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In the meantime, they would continue to work around his release.

“We will first get in touch with the victims so that we can understand their views on the release of Mr. Buckeridge,” Sir Ron said.

“In the meantime, we asked Mr. Buckeridge to focus on plan B for accommodations that are supported but not supported. [where the victims live].

“If the release is for [near the victims] then there is likely very restricted GPS monitoring of your whereabouts … For example, the restrictions could mean you couldn’t go beyond 100 or 200 meters from [an approved address].

“In the meantime, it remains an undue risk.”

At a previous parole hearing, Buckeridge spoke with the board about his removal from prison.

The killer said that after being released in the past “the alcohol made him undo”.