Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson due before Parole Board again
It was now accepted that Hope and Smart died in circumstances that amounted to murder at the hands…
Mass murderer Raymond Wahia Ratima denied parole after 33 years in prison
He then lay in wait in his in-laws’ darkened home on Judds Rd for his wife, Toni, and…
Whangārei sex attacker Haydn Teoneroa Christy refused release by Parole Board
His victim had been living in Whangārei for a short time when, early one morning in 2016, she…
Corrupt ex-council manager filed late appeal to protect parole chances
Goel’s offending included awarding a contract to build a $7 million wastewater treatment plant at Franz Josef to…
Parole declined for Nai Yin Xue who murdered wife, left 3yo daughter at train station
He was caught in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia by a group of residents who recognised…
Hoki Matete denied parole again but will be reconsidered in 2026, after 20 years in preventive detention
However, Matete remains an inmate of the Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Facility (ARWCF). The Parole Board declined to…
Man on parole provides non-human urine sample for compulsory drug tests
The court documents showed Henderson attended an appointment on October 9, 2023. “He provided a sample, but it…
Ex-Marist brother and serial paedophile Charles Afeaki denied parole
The former Marist Brother has been in and out of prison since the mid-1990s, when he was first…
Murderer, prison escapee Phillip John Smith pleads for parole at his 18th hearing
Smith was caught in June last year with two phones in his cell, which is an offence under…
Matthew Kinghorn, who murdered New Plymouth jogger Anne McCullough, now eligible for parole
Kinghorn, then 28, received a non-parole period of 13 years when he was sentenced in the High Court…
Convicted murderer Mark Lundy to appear before Parole Board for progress hearing
He took his fight all the way to the Privy Council, which quashed the guilty verdict in 2013,…
Parole Board highlights Taranaki murderer Julianna Nuku’s changing narratives
The board declined her parole and said Nuku needed to revise her reintegration plan so it accurately reflected…