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Tisha Lowry’s family say they are pleased to finally have closure after police confirmed she was the second body removed from the ‘house of horrors’.

At a press conference outside the Wainoni housethis afternoon, Detective Inspector Tom Fitzgerald said the confirmation was a ”tragic conclusion” for her family, nearly a year after she disappeared.

He did not reveal the cause of her death but said a second murder charge would be laid on Friday against the 32 year-old man already accused of murdering his wife.

“More importantly thanks for all the love and support received from our families and friends. . Manning’s body was found dumped in the Avon River on December 19 last year.”

There has been reports in the media that there were connections with the unsolved murder of prostitute Mellory Manning.

Fitzgerald said today: “There’s nothing that gives us any links with any other cases.

Ms Lowry, 28, was last seen by her grandfather when she waved goodbye to him at the Bower Tavern in suburban New Brighton on September 25 last year.”

Members of Ms Lowry’s family and her friends were present at the conference today.

PROPOSAL TO BUY HOUSE

Meanwhile, aChristchurch City Council proposal to buy the house has been welcomed by the owner of the adjoining house, who says the offer has “lifted a huge weight” off him.

Police spoke with more than 3000 people in their search for Ms Lowry, including the accused, but had no reason to suspect him at that time, Mr Fitzgerald said.

In an announcement that surprised some councillors, Parker said that after watching the removal of one of the bodies on TV on Monday night, he believed the “only resolution” was for the council to buy the Aranui house and the adjoining home on the property.

The Christchurch house may be bought by the city council because no-one would want to live there, Mayor Bob Parker says.

“Nobody can go back and live there or, in the short term, would even want to consider being in that place,” he said.

“Nobody can go back and live there or, in the short term, would even want to consider being in that place,” he said.

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The ACT Party is pushing the Government to immediately review bail laws following yesterday’s sentencing of Haiden Davis for the murder of Augustine Borrell.

Davis was found guilty of murder by a jury and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.
He also had a list of previous convictions, many of them for violence.
The jury was not told during the trial that when he murdered the Auckland Grammar School student he was on bail for other violent offending and had twice breached his bail conditions.
“This case highlights the myriad serious failures that exist with our bail laws,” he said.
ACT’s law and order spokesman, David Garrett, said today bail laws were a disgrace.
“This has denied the Borrell family the right to make victim impact statements before sentencing. .”
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