Robert Butler (criminal)
Robert Butler ( – 17 July 1905) was a New Zealand-Australian career criminal and murderer. He was born in either Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland or Bury, Lancashire, England on . He was suspected of murdering a family of three in New Zealand in 1880, but was acquitted. However, Butler did receive an 18-year sentence on unrelated charges. Butler was released from prison in 1896, after which he returned to Australia. He was executed for another murder in 1905.

See also
List of serial killers by country

References

1850s births
1905 deaths
Australian people convicted of murder
Date of birth unknown
Executed Australian people
People executed by Australia by hanging
Year of birth uncertain

Prisoners and detainees of New Zealand
People executed for murder
Executed suspected serial killers