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Crime writer Anne Perry, formerly Juliet Hulme, dies aged 84

07:27 am on 13 April 2023

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Anne Perry, formerly known as Juliet Hulme - who served jail time along with Pauline Parker for the notorious murder of Parker's mother in Christchurch's Port Hills - has died, aged 84.

Perry was 15 and Parker 16 when they lured Parker's mother to Victoria Park where they murdered her with a brick to prevent their separation. 

Hulme subsequently changed her name to Anne Perry, before moving to the UK where she forged a career as the prolific writer of best-selling crime novels. 

New Zealand writer Joanne Drayton wrote a biography on Perry.

She spoke to Corin Dann.