Australia open to prison transfer for Christchurch mosque gunman

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo/AP)

The gunman sentenced to life in prison for the mass killing of 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques could serve his sentence in his native Australia.

White supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant was the first person to be given a whole life tariff without the possibility of parole in New Zealand when he was sentenced on Thursday.