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Convicted paedophile
Bert Potter was freed this week because he had finished his time in jail, not
because of a Parole Board decision. On Thursday, Mauri
Pacific leader Tau Henare
wrongly blamed the Parole Board for letting Potter out of jail, saying it had
"released a monster". A board spokesman said later that
Potter had served two-thirds of his sentence, so under the Criminal Justice
Act he had reached his final date to be freed. "The Parole Board's only role
in this situation is to determine the nature and duration of conditions that
will apply following release from prison." It had considered Potter's parole
application four times, but parole was declined on every occasion. The spokesman said it was silly of
Mr Henare to compare
Potter's freeing with the denial of parole for convicted child molester Peter
Ellis. Ellis will not have served two- thirds
of his jail sentence till February. Potter, |
