In 2005, 54-year-old Upper Hutt man Blair Murray Anthony Williams was found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend’s daughter, Kathleen Harris, and jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.
The baby’s mother, Tracee Harris, originally claimed the baby had fallen out of a pram on to rocks, but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
Williams was granted parole in October last year and subject to a range of conditions, but the Dunedin District Court heard yesterday, the killer only toed the line for seven months.
On May 8, staff at the facility where the defendant was housed discovered he had disclosed its address and phone number to others serving sentences outside the residence.
Williams admitted what he had done and called it ‘‘a mistake’’.
It was a breach of the programme’s rules, the court heard.
Corrections discovered four days later it was not the only error in judgement the defendant had made.
A drug test revealed Williams had used amphetamine and methamphetamine while on parole — another breach of his conditions.
The defendant said he had what he believed was party drug ecstasy (MDMA) delivered to the residence and had consumed four pills before the drug test.
Counsel Deborah Henderson said Williams had been recalled to prison to continue serving his life term after the two breaches occurred.
He would see the Parole Board for a final recall hearing next week and would not oppose his continued incarceration, she said.
While it made little difference to Williams’ overall situation, Judge David Robinson imposed two months’ imprisonment.
