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Lynch’s killer sentenced TRACY NEAL
Open Justice Reporter
A key figure in the Rebels MC gang has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the killing of a Tongan seasonal worker during a mass brawl in Blenheim last year.
George Junior Pikaahu, 35, was sentenced in the High Court in Blenheim on Thursday for the manslaughter of Hiko Lynch, who died last June of a fatal stab wound. Fellow Rebels gang member Peter Uelese was also sentenced on
lesser charges that arose from the Blenheim brawl between gang members and seasonal workers on a night out. The court heard of the devastating impact on Lynch's family, colleagues and friends, but notably on his fiancee. The two were to
have been married this year. Auckland-based Pikaahu was initially charged with murder but admitted a lesser manslaughter charge in July this year. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, with no minimum parole, not only for the killing but
on charges related to stabbing another man and the attempted stabbing of a third during the brawl. Pikaahu's older brother, Māori Anglican bishop Te Kitohi (Kito)
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