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Christopher John Lewis (7 September 1964 – 23 September 1997) was a New Zealand criminal who made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. He planned later attempts at assassinating other British royal family members but was kept away from them by the authorities in New Zealand.
Jan 16, 2018 · Christopher John Lewis was a 17-year-old criminal who fired a rifle at the Queen's motorcade in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1981. He was charged with attempted treason, but later died in prison after killing a woman.
Jan 11, 2018 · Christopher John Lewis' story is a troubled one - by all public accounts he was a crazed individual, a psychopath, a terrorist, arsonist, robber and, in the year of...
Jan 16, 2018 · Now an ex-cop has revealed how close Kiwi teen Christopher John Lewis came to killing Queen Elizabeth II. The troubled teen came within a "finger twitch of seeing her head splatter", the former...
Mar 3, 2018 · When the royals stepped out of their Rolls-Royce to greet thousands of well-wishers on the street, the gunman, Christopher John Lewis, 17, a self-described terrorist who was hiding in a deserted...
Mar 1, 2018 · The documents say 17-year-old Christopher John Lewis wanted to kill the queen but didn't have a good vantage point or a sufficiently high-powered rifle.
Mar 1, 2018 · The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) released the secret documents finally confirming Christopher John Lewis - who was 17-years-old at the time - had in fact opened fire as the monarch visited on 14 October.
