In 2008 Christopher Wayne Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 13 years for the murder of 18-year-old Michael Hutchings. 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. "And so it was a case of him or me and so Mr Patterson killed the young man. "In the meantime, Mr Patterson remains an undue risk.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 12, 2021 21:36 UTC