Stewart Murray Wilson
Stewart Murray Wilson, known as the "Beast of Blenheim", is a sexual offender from Blenheim, New Zealand. He is currently in Rolleston Prison.
As a teenager Wilson was convicted on burglary charges and a patient at Cherry Farm psychiatric hospital in Dunedin, allegedly in relation to brain damage affecting his self-control.[1]
In 1996 Wilson was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for sexual offending against 16 women and girls over approximately 25 years,[2] his convictions include rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, stupefying, wilful ill-treatment of a child, and bestiality.[3] Despite repeated appearances before the parole board since September 2006[4] he has not been released due to his unrepentant behaviour, unwillingness to engage with treatment options and his assessed high/acute risk of reoffending.[5][6]
Wilson has formed a long-term relationship while in prison,[7] a parole board hearing revealed his nominated support person was "serving a community-based sentence and ha[d] a history of mental disability."[8]
Wilson has consistently refused to provide a DNA sample in relation to the murder of Teresa Cormack.[9]
In 2003, Wilson doctored and distributed a letter from then Justice Minister Phil Goff.[10]
Wilson is due to be released from Rolleston Prison on 1 September 2012. The parole board has imposed 17 release conditions on him, one of which is to wear a GPS tracking device. This will make him the first New Zealand child sex offender to be tracked in such a manner. He will also be forced to live in a state house on Whanganui Prison land.[11]
References
- ↑ "crime.co.nz". crime.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' denied parole". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
Wilson was convicted in 1996 on a raft of sex offences involving 16 female victims over 23 years. The charges included rape, bestiality, stupefying, ill-treatment of children and indecent assault.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' to stay behind bars". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
Stewart Murray Wilson, now aged 64, was in 1996 sentenced to 21 years' jail for offences against women and children spanning 25 years, including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, stupefying, wilful ill-treatment of a child, and bestiality.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' before parole board". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
Wilson was denied parole at his first hearing last September. A report on the new decision will be released soon after the hearing.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "WILSON - Stuart Murray - 17/10/2011". paroleboard.govt.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "Parole Board Hearing: Stuart Murray WILSON". scoop.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "Getting married behind bars". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
Others who formed long-term relations with women while in prison included Paul Bailey, in jail for the 1991 rape and murder of Otago schoolgirl Kylie Smith, and sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson, dubbed the Beast of Blenheim.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "'Beast of Blenheim' to stay behind bars". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "DNA now absolved 700 in Cormack case". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
One prominent convicted sex offender, Stewart Murray Wilson, has refused a police request for blood to compare with DNA obtained from Teresa's body.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "Prisoner doctors letter to imply Goff supports him". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
A convicted sex offender dubbed the 'Beast of Blenheim' has distributed a doctored letter from Justice Minister Phil Goff - and Mr Goff is not impressed.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ↑ "Beast of Blenheim's release a 'no-win'". stuff.co.nz. 9 August 2012.
However, the board has imposed 17 special conditions on his release, including one that will make him the first child sex offender to be tracked by a global positioning system (GPS) on parole.
