The families of two New Zealanders brutally murdered in Uganda are reportedly horrified after finding out that Australia resettled the killers in a secret deal with the US.
Kiwis Michelle Strathern and Rhonda Avis were brutally slain in Uganda in 1999 while gorilla-watching in the rainforest.
At the time, six other people, including two Americans, were also killed.
Three Rwandans confessed to the murders and were sent to the US where they would face trial.
However, an American judge ruled the men had been tortured during the Rwandan Civil War and the case against them did not proceed. Instead, the men, who did not want to return to Uganda but could not legally stay in the US, have been on a limbo since then.