Paul Russell Wilson, also known as Paul Pounamu Tainui (55), was yesterday sentenced in the High Court at Christchurch to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 28 years for murdering former Dunedin woman Nicole Marie Tuxford (27) in Christchurch last year while on life parole, 24 years after he killed former girlfriend Kimberly Schroder in Hokitika.
The shocking case prompted the Parole Board to commission an independent review of its involvement with Wilson, who was released on parole in 2011 after being denied an early release four times previously.
Wilson met David Bain while in prison for Ms Schroder's murder and went on to be a groomsman at his wedding.
Both the Tuxford and Schroder families have slammed the decision to allow Wilson back into the community.
The review was carried out by Devon Polaschek, a distinguished forensic clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and joint director of the New Zealand Institute of Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato.
In findings released this week, Prof Polaschek concluded the decision to grant Wilson parole was "a reasonable one".
Offenders whose convictions included a single relationship-related homicide, but who had little criminal history otherwise, posed some challenges for decision-makers, she said.
New Zealand data going back to 1972 found that the likelihood of a person convicted of a homicide being convicted of a second homicide following parole was in the region of 0.4%. No cases could be found where both victims were women
