But when Patterson, now 50, appeared before the Parole Board last month he finally gave insight into the killing. Parole Board chairman and panel convenor Sir Ron Young said Patterson murdered Hutchings after befriending him. The young man that he killed had a car accident. "The young man was therefore encouraged to go to Australia however the plans did not work out and he returned to be with Mr Patterson and his partner." "And so it was a case of him or me and so Mr Patterson killed the young man.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 12, 2021 22:06 UTC