Kahu VincentA man who stomped his victim into a coma in a Wanaka store will remain behind bars after a disagreement between psychologists. Taylor appeared before the Parole Board at the Otago Corrections Facility last month, seeking early release. His counsel Deborah Henderson stressed her client’s frustration that he had undertaken 55 sessions with a private psychologist over three years and "does not know when an end is in sight". A Corrections psychologist, though, put Taylor in the "moderate" risk category and considered he needed to demonstrate change over an extended period. A specific rehabilitation programme had been prescribed for the inmate, but he had shunned that in favour of the private clinician, the board heard.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 25, 2022 07:42 UTC