reports. She was 84. The British-born Perry was played by Kate Winslet in Peter Jackson's 1994, depicting the infamous Christchurch, New Zealand murder case of 1954.
As a teenager, Perry — who was born with the name Juliet Hulme — was tried and convicted for her part in the brutal killing of her friend's mother.
Her friend, Pauline Parker, was played by Melanie Lynskey in the film. A jury found the girls guilty of bludgeoning Honorah Parker, Pauline's mother, to death in a park after she apparently refused to allow her daughter to go with Hulme as she was moving to live with relatives in South Africa.Perry served five years in prison for her role in the matricide.
Because she was under the age of 18, she avoided the death penalty. She went on change her name, move to Scotland, and become a prolific writer who sold more than 26 million books worldwide.
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