Fourth Reich (New Zealand gang)
The Fourth Reich was a white supremacist gang formed in 1994 in a Christchurch prison and active on the West Coast and Nelson.[1][2]
| Founded | Early 1990s |
|---|---|
| Type | White power skinhead, street gang |
Region | New Zealand |
Key people | Aaron Howie, Neihana Foster, Ivan Gugich, Hayden McKenzie, Shannon Flewellen, Malcolm Chaston |
In 1997, two members killed a young Māori man, Hemi Hutley. They beat him unconscious, dragged him across wasteland, stripped him and then threw him into the Buller river where he drowned.[3][4] For several years after this the gang was said to be "terrorising members of the community with threats, intimidation and violence".[5] They were later involved in the murders of Janis Bamborough[6] in 1999 and Korean tourist Jae Hyeon Kim in 2003.[7] In Nelson, they blew up a car outside the Lost Breed clubhouse, sparking a turf war.[4]
In 2011, co-founder Malcolm Chaston was convicted of the murder of Christchurch woman Vanessa Pickering, and sentenced to life in prison.[8]
See also
References
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- Booker, Jarrod (31 March 2010). "Skinhead owns up to killing backpacker". NZ Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- Lynch, Keith (2011). "Malcolm Chaston: Violence for a middle name". Stuff. Retrieved 12 November 2018.