Archive for January, 2012

Corrections re-victimises the victims – Susan Couch’s story

Posted: January 25, 2012 in Uncategorized
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On December 11, the NZ Herald reported that the families of those killed by Wililam Bell gathered to remember those they lost in the Panmure RSA ten years ago. Bell killed three people at the RSA and seriously injured another – Susan Couch. In 2001, Ms Couch was working part time doing the club’s accounts. [...]

Another untreated drug addict – the story of William Bell

Posted: January 25, 2012 in Prisoners stories
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In 1997, William Bell was sent to prison for five years nine months after he attacked and almost killed an attendant at a petrol station.  At the time of this assault, he already had 102 convictions for a raft of offences including theft, fraud, burglary, aggravated robbery, assault, trespass, and possession of drugs.   He was [...]

Garth McVicar clones himself as a woman

Posted: January 18, 2012 in Uncategorized
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The attack on the five year old Belgian girl on holiday with her family at the Habitat Club in Turangi is hard to fathom. Friends of the 16 year old who admitted raping the young girl describe him as a ‘nice guy’ and are struggling to believe he would do such a thing.  His mother [...]

James Whenuaroa – sent to prison for stealing orange juice

Posted: January 11, 2012 in Prisoners stories
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On January 7, the New Zealand Herald reported the story of James Whenuaroa – sentenced to prison for six weeks for stealing a bottle of orange juice from a supermarket. He told the judge he took it because he was hot and thirsty. Perhaps the most pertinent part of the story was that Mr Whenuaroa [...]

Court of Appeal throws the book at Corrections Department

Posted: January 4, 2012 in Flying Blind
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The Sunday Star Times ran this story on New Year’s Day. “Dismayed judges have ordered Corrections bosses to read an expert’s book on rehabilitation after being shocked a P-addicted prisoner would be forced to wait years for drug treatment. In a Court of Appeal decision last month, three judges cited Roger Brooking’s book Flying Blind, [...]