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Wilson made repeated appearances before the [[New Zealand Parole Board]] from September 2006. However, he was not released prior to his statutory release date in 2012 because he continued to deny responsibility for his offending, appeared to have no remorse, had not engaged in any treatment and was assessed at high risk of reoffending.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10461637 |title='Beast of Blenheim' before parole board |work=nzherald.co.nz |date=4 September 2007 |quote=Convicted rapist Stewart Murray Wilson is to appear before the Parole Board in his second attempt at parole. Wilson was denied parole at his first hearing last September. |accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> | Wilson made repeated appearances before the [[New Zealand Parole Board]] from September 2006. However, he was not released prior to his statutory release date in 2012 because he continued to deny responsibility for his offending, appeared to have no remorse, had not engaged in any treatment and was assessed at high risk of reoffending.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10461637 |title='Beast of Blenheim' before parole board |work=nzherald.co.nz |date=4 September 2007 |quote=Convicted rapist Stewart Murray Wilson is to appear before the Parole Board in his second attempt at parole. Wilson was denied parole at his first hearing last September. |accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> | ||
In June 2012 Wilson told members of the New Zealand High Court that he had been denied group treatment since being sentenced in 1996; and that he had also been denied one-on-one counselling with a psychologist. He claimed he was denied these because he would not admit he was guilty of the offences of which he was convicted.<ref name=cries-to-judge/>. He reported he received a total of four hours one-on-one counselling in the 18 years he has been in prison.<ref name=asks-for-privacy>"[http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6567430/Beast-of-Blenheim-asks-for-privacy Beast of Blenheim asks for privacy]". ''Stuff''. 13 March 2012.</ref> Wilson said he had also offered to attend a 'STOP | In June 2012 Wilson told members of the New Zealand High Court that he had been denied group treatment since being sentenced in 1996; and that he had also (more recently) been denied one-on-one counselling with a psychologist. He claimed he was denied these because he would not admit he was guilty of the offences of which he was convicted.<ref name=cries-to-judge/>. He reported he received a total of four hours one-on-one counselling in the 18 years he has been in prison.<ref name=asks-for-privacy>"[http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6567430/Beast-of-Blenheim-asks-for-privacy Beast of Blenheim asks for privacy]". ''Stuff''. 13 March 2012.</ref> Wilson said he had also offered to attend a 'Sexual Treatment Outpatients Programme' (STOP) to treat sex offenders, but was not permitted to do so.<ref name=asks-for-privacy/> | ||
At a hearing in 2011 the Board acknowledged that the only counselling Mr Wilson had been offered and had been provided throughout his entire imprisonment was 'a few' sessions with a counsellor. | |||
== Parole Board hearings == | == Parole Board hearings == | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 16 September 2012
Stewart Murray Wilson | |
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| Born | 11 December 1946 Timaru, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Known for | Sexual offending. |
Stewart Murray Wilson (born 11 December 1946) was born and raised in Timaru, New Zealand. During his 20s he lived in Sydney[1] before moving to Blenheim, New Zealand. He is known publically for serious sexual offending including offences against children. He has served 18 years in prison. In September 2012 he was released on parole with the most stringent release conditions ever imposed o n a person in New Zealand. The conditions included that he would be required to live in a house on the grounds of the Wanganui prison.
Biography
Wilson was the eldest child in his family, with two brothers and a sister. His youngest brother was killed in a car crash aged 14. The family home was in Essex St, Timaru and the children attended Marchwiel Primary School.[1] His parents divorced during the 1970s. A family friend has reported that Wilson's father used to beat his wife and the children. Wilson missed a lot of school and would sometimes come to school with bruises.[1] In 1996, Wilson's mother told a newspaper reporter her son suffered brain damage in his early teens which, she claimed, 'caused him to lose control occasionally'. Wilson was directed to live in a children's home. He also resided at Cherry Farm Psychiatric Hospital during his youth.
Wilson's criminal record began in 1962[2] when he appeared in court on burglary charges. Prior to the 1990s he also had convictions for assault on females, living off the earnings of a prostitute, and assault on a child.[2]
In 1996 Wilson was convicted on sex offences involving 16 female victims over 23 years from 1972 to December 1994, when he was arrested.[3] The guilty verdicts were for seven charges of rape, one of attempted rape, six of indecent assault, two of stupefying, one of attempted stupefying, two of wilful ill-treatment of a child, three of assault on a female, and one of bestiality;[2] a total of 23 counts. Many of the charges were laid representatively.[2] One of the offences was the rape of his 13 or 14 year-old step-daughter in the presence of her mother. One of the indecent assaults was of a girl under the age of 16. He was acquitted of two other charges. Wilson was sentenced to 21 years in prison, in March 1996.[4] During sentencing the judge said that he would have given a sentence of preventive detention, except that this option was not available for him to use.[2]
Lack of rehabilitation in prison
For many years Wilson was held in Rolleston Prison, a low-security prison.[5] This prison has a sex offenders unit providing a group-based treatment programme for convicted child sex offenders. However, the Department refused to put Wilson into the programme because he would not admit to a psychologist that he was guilty of the child sex offences for which he was convicted - despite the entry criteria for this programme stating that, "denial or other cognitive distortions related to offending behaviour" is an indication of suitability for the programme.[6]
Wilson made repeated appearances before the New Zealand Parole Board from September 2006. However, he was not released prior to his statutory release date in 2012 because he continued to deny responsibility for his offending, appeared to have no remorse, had not engaged in any treatment and was assessed at high risk of reoffending.[7]
In June 2012 Wilson told members of the New Zealand High Court that he had been denied group treatment since being sentenced in 1996; and that he had also (more recently) been denied one-on-one counselling with a psychologist. He claimed he was denied these because he would not admit he was guilty of the offences of which he was convicted.[8]. He reported he received a total of four hours one-on-one counselling in the 18 years he has been in prison.[9] Wilson said he had also offered to attend a 'Sexual Treatment Outpatients Programme' (STOP) to treat sex offenders, but was not permitted to do so.[9]
At a hearing in 2011 the Board acknowledged that the only counselling Mr Wilson had been offered and had been provided throughout his entire imprisonment was 'a few' sessions with a counsellor.
Parole Board hearings
Prior to his release in September 2012, Wilson appeared before a Parole Board. After 18 years in prison and now aged 65, Mr Wilson was released two days before his statutory release date of 1 September 2012.[2]
In the process of establishing his release conditions, the parole board accepted the view that Wilson was still "at high risk of re-offending".[10]. One of the Parole Board conditions requires Wilson to live in a state house which is to be placed on the grounds of Wanganui Prison; another condition is for him to wear a Global Position System tracking device.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beast gets taste of freedom in prison gardens, NZ Herald 2 September 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections v Stewart Murray Wilson". Courts of New Zealand. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ R v Wilson HC Wellington T104/95, 15 March 1996.
- ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' denied parole". The New Zealand Herald. 23 September 2008.
- ↑ Rolleston Prison. Corrections website
- ↑ "Suitability of offenders for SPM's". Corrections website
- ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' before parole board". nzherald.co.nz. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
Convicted rapist Stewart Murray Wilson is to appear before the Parole Board in his second attempt at parole. Wilson was denied parole at his first hearing last September.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcries-to-judge - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Beast of Blenheim asks for privacy". Stuff. 13 March 2012.
- ↑ Beast of Blenheim 'still a risk, 5 July 2012
