Parole bid denied for murder of sex abuser
A man who took part in the vigilante killing of a convicted paedophile with his uncle and another woman has been denied an early release from prison.
But when he is released from prison, he wants to live away from the small town he committed murder in.
Aubrey Thomas Harrison is serving a life sentence for the murder of Glen Stinson in Foxton in July 2007.
Harrison’s 12-year minimum term ended in August, making him eligible for parole.
Harrison, his uncle Bruce Raymond Tamatea and a woman with name suppression killed Stinson after he was found sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at a party in Palmerston North.
The woman attacked Stinson, a convicted paedophile awaiting trial at the time of his death for raping a young girl, before saying she was going to kill him.
The trio put Stinson in a car and drove him to Foxton – the woman said at her trial that they intended to scare him.
Tamatea said they only wanted to give Stinson a beating before leaving him in the small Horowhenua town.
Instead, Stinson was beaten to death, hit in the head with a hammer, stomped on and choked to death by Tamatea.
His body was left outside a poultry farm.
According to Stuff reports from the time of the murder, Stinson’s family did not claim his body after his post-mortem.
Furthermore, he only met his eldest son for the first time in Manawatu¯ Prison; his son was also a sex offender. Stinson first sexually offended when 17, before racking up another 10 sex convictions and breaching his bail after being found watching pupils outside Palmerston North Boys’ High School.
According to the report from Harrison’s first parole hearing, provided to Stuff by the Parole Board, he was assessed as being at high risk of reoffending despite 12 years behind bars.
He has a six-pagelong criminal history for violence, drugs and disobeying court orders, and six previous prison sentences.
His early prison behaviour was just as poor, including involvement with drugs, but had turned things around since 2016, the board said.
He spent time in a self-care unit, had no drug issues or misconducts, and was a good worker making progress.
He also likely had a job for the release to work scheme, the board said.
However, he only had a broad release plan with nowhere solid to live, although he did want to live in the Wellington region, the board said.
Tamatea has already been declined parole twice before, and remains in prison for Stinson’s murder.