Within days, New Zealand’s longest-serving prisoner, sex offender Alf Vincent​, will have a home outside jail for the first time since 1968. In a brief decision on the case from the High Court in Wellington on Friday, Justice Jill Mallon​ suppressed deatils of the location. READ MORE:* Alf Vincent, 83, NZ's longest serving prisoner is to be freed* New Zealand's longest-serving prisoner Alfred Thomas Vincent to be released* Prisoner Alf Vincent might have chance of release after 52 years* Alf Vincent still in prison at 83 and with dementia“Those interests outweigh any public interest in those details, particularly as Mr Vincent does not present a risk to anyone,” she said. Monique Ford/Stuff Justice Jill Mallon suppressed deatils of where Vincent was going, saying he wasn’t a risk to anyone. In a decision issued in December, Justice Mallon found the board had made a mistake in assessing the risk Vincent posed.

Source: Stuff February 11, 2021 23:08 UTC