Photo: NZ HeraldA psychology professor has told Coroner's Court in Christchurch she believes Nicole Tuxford's murder could have been prevented. Dr Devon Polaschek was an expert witness today in the joint inquest into the rape and murder of Tuxford and the suspected suicide of Gary Schroder, the father of Tainui's first victim, Kimberley Schroder. "People [had] information that could've been used to prevent this tragedy [Tuxford's murder]. Corrections clinicians had also failed to address the sexual components of Tainui's offending during his 13-year prison sentence, she noted. "The other thing that was clearly lost by the psychologists and picked up by the Parole Board was that the sexual components [of Tainui's offending] had not been addressed."

Source: New Zealand Herald November 24, 2022 21:24 UTC