Jennifer Huxley, an Australian Broadcasting Corp. reporter, went through Grafton High School six years ahead of Tarrant. “I’ve caught up with some of his classmates and they remember him as a bit of a class clown,” Huxley said Saturday. After high school, Tarrant became a personal trainer at the Big River Squash and Fitness Center, where he had earlier trained and become obsessive about building up his strength. Tracey Gray struggles to accept that the diligent fitness trainer she employed is the man accused of a horrific hate crime in Christchurch. While working as a fitness centre, Tarrant ran free athletic programs for children, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Source: National Post March 16, 2019 09:00 UTC