Methamphetamine-induced psychosis behind prison assaultsFAIRFAX NZ Hemi Te Poono, 33, appeared at the High Court in Wellington and was sentenced to eight years and six months jail for serious assaults on prison officers and fellow prisoners. Taking methamphetamine caused a mental illness that led to serious unprovoked assaults on prison officers and prisoners, a court has heard. FAIRFAX NZ Hemi Te Poono was acquitted of murdering Samuel Culling in Palmerston North in August 2015. Now Te Poono has been put in maximum security, locked in a cell 23 hours a day, Antunovic said. The judge said Te Poono had reported psychotic symptoms since the death of Samuel Culling who, on Te Poono's account, was executed while sitting beside Te Poono in his car.

Source: Stuff March 26, 2017 23:35 UTC