Abuser’s killer nearer to release

A man who killed a paedophile caught sexually abusing a girl at a party is extremely close to being released from prison.

Bruce Raymond Tamatea, 58, is serving a life sentence for murdering Glen Stinson in July 2007.

A woman who has name suppression was convicted of manslaughter in the case.

She attacked Stinson at a party in Palmerston North after finding him abusing a 10-year-old girl, before he was bundled into a car and driven to Foxton.

Tamatea and his nephew Aubery Thomas Harrison beat him to death, leaving his body outside a poultry farm.

Harrison was declined parole at his first hearing recently, but Tamatea has twice been seen by the board.

He had his third hearing in September and was once again declined an early release.

However, he has been working hard to get ready for life outside the wire, according to a Parole Board report provided to Stuff.

He has completed drug treatment, a medium-intensity rehabilitation programme and one-on-one counselling.

The Parole Board said he would need supervision in the community to ensure he kept taking medication for mental health problems.

The board thought about releasing Tamatea, but he could not be given a solid date as to when his accommodation would be ready.

‘‘Because of that he remains an undue risk.’’

He will appear before the board by the end of the year, but could be seen before then if accommodation is settled sooner.

Stinson had a long history of child sex abuse, first offending sexually when 17.

His son was also a sex offender. The pair met for the first time in Manawatu¯ Prison.