Email from Sonja de Friez department of corrections and
Christine Smith the victim information manager 11/7/2011, after I’d said that
the last time I went home the ex husband attempted to have me arrested for
kidnapping, the reply in return was “Thanks for sharing that, no problems. Cheers”
The human rights advisor Paul Warhurst sent an email stating
“Although the Human Rights Commission is not able to provide you with
assistance in this matter we do appreciate your bringing your concerns to us,
and we retain your correspondence on our files, which we refer to for informing
the work of the Commission.
I wish to acknowledge the deep pain you and your family will
have undoubedtly suffered as a result of the sudden death of your brother,
Russell, and the additional stress, pain, and frustration caused to you by the
manner of his death.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours”
Email from governemtn house 8/12/2011
Dear Ms Johnstone
Thank you for your email, which has been received by
Government House, the Office of the Governor General. On reading your email, I have formally
referred your email to the Parole Board, as an independent authority, to reply.
Thank you again for taking the time to write and for raising
your concerns.
Regards
Antony Paltridge, Public Affairs Manager, Government House
27 july 2011 – Hamish mcneilly, murderer recalled to prison
4/9/2011 Senior Sergeant Bruce Ross email regarding George
Trounson
I received your e-mail today. After reading it, I’m not entirely sure what
your gripe is.
What I would like you to appreciate is that police
investigated your brother’s murder and successfully prosecuted Trounson. He’s now in the Justice system. Any parole he may get, and breaches of that
parole are dealth with by the Justice Department. This is their jurisdiction. The only involvement police have is when he
commits any offence police will arrest him.
As you rightly mentioned he has breached his parole on five occasions
and ach time police have arrested him. What
happens after police place him before the Court is in the hands of the Justice
Department.. The police have nothing to
do with decisions to release on parole or the revocation of parole.
I’m not familia with VNR so I’m not in a position to
comment.
You asked if police have hacked someone’s e-mail. I can assure you police do not hack into
other peoples e-mails and or phone calls.
If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask
them. I’ll do my best to answer them.
Bruce Ross, Senior Sergeant, Dunedin
19/12/2011
Email from Hamish mcNeilly:
“The Parole Board are very keen on letting the public know
when those convicted of the worst crimes are released, same goes for
pedophiles, rapists
If you want to comment about his release, feel free”
Hamish McNeilly, Reporter, Otago Daily Times
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Offender
Information for victims
Offender Name: George Charles Trounson
Security Classification High, since 9 August 2011
Programmes:
Mr Trounson has been identified and waitlisted to attend the
Drug Treatment Unit Short Intensive Programme.
The Drug Treatment Unit (DTU) provides a group-based programme in a
therapeautic enviornemnt for prisoners with alcohol and drug-related
issues. It is a 3-month based programme
(delivered the same treatment houses as the 6-month DUT but over a shorter
timeframe). The DTU teaches prisoners
about addiction, change, relapse and the effects of their actions upon
others. The aim of the programme is to
reduce re-offending by assisting programme participants to address their
dependence on alcohol and other drugs. Mr
Trounson is required to reduce his security classification in order to
participate in this rehabilitative programme.
Convictions Recieved During Sentence:
Mr Trounson has not received any further convictions since
commencing his sentence.
Conviction Date and Description
However that’s where the page goes blank and as far any
person would think – is that he hasn’t/hadn’t committed any offences at all
since being released from prison after murdering my brother but no, asking
where are the other charges I got told there was an admin error and a separate
list of offences arrived by email from the Corrections Department of the 8th
September 2011, it reads:
Hi Michelle
Here is the list of Criminal and Traffic Conviction History
for TROUNSON, George Charles since the start of his sentence in 26/02/1991
YEAR OFFENCE
27/01/2003 Wilful
damage
29/01/2003 Male
assaults female
28/05/2003 Assault
Police
18/03/2003 Shoplifts
13/11/2003 Shoplifts
17/06/2005 False
statement that offence committed
23/09/2005 Owner/hirer
fail give info
02/12/2005 Breath
alcohol level over 400 mcgs per litre of breath
24/02/2006 Wilful
damage
02/03/2007 Breach
board release condition
17/06/2008 Shoplifts
Breach
standard rel/special conditions
23/12/2011 Breach
standard rel/special conditions
28/07/2011 Breach
standard rel/special conditions
In July 2011 he was found getting visibly drunk by
undercover officers:
Otago Daily Times: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/murderer-recalled-prison
30 July 2011; Murderer recalled to prison; Hamish McNeilly
A
convicted killer has been recalled to prison after he was caught drinking at a
wedding by an off-duty corrections officer.
George
Charles Trounson was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1991 for murdering his
17-year-old flatmate, Russell Warren Neil, after beating him about the head
with a piece of broken stair baluster on June 24, 1990.
He
has been recalled to prison four times.
As
part of parole conditions, he was prohibited from possessing or consuming
alcohol for life, with substance abuse linked to his reoffending.
On
May 28, Trounson was at a wedding, where an off-duty corrections officer, who
was working as a barman, observed him "drinking to the point where he was
visibly intoxicated", a New Zealand Parole Board decision noted.
Trounson
originally denied consuming alcohol at the wedding, but later accepted he had
lied to his probation officer about the incident.
That
incident triggered his recall application on the grounds he had breached his
release conditions and posed "an undue risk to the safety of the
community".
In
addition, Trounson had stopped taking his Antabuse medication - another special
parole condition - and had failed to disclose that to his parole officer.
In
his defence, it was argued a recall was not justified as he did not pose an
undue risk to the community, and the incident occurred during a time of stress.
Trounson,
his lawyer submitted, was employed and housed and had complied with his other
conditions of parole for many years and the recent incident should be seen as a
lapse, rather than as justification for a recall.
The
Parole Board decided a recall was necessary as Trounson had failed to learn
from his last recall earlier this year, had stopped taking his medication and
attended a wedding where he knew alcohol would be present.
"It
reflects a failure to recognise situations that place him at risk."
In
its decision, the board said, until Trounson stopped consuming alcohol, he
remained an undue risk to the community.
"And,
although it was a long time ago, Mr Trounson acknowledged that alcohol had
played a significant part in the murder."
Trounson
will be seen by the board again in November.
However in December 2011,
Convicted
murderer freed for fifth time
9:46 pm on 15 December 2011
A convicted murderer who has been recalled to prison for
breaching his parole conditions five times will again be released from jail.
George Trounson was jailed in 1991 for fatally bashing Russell
Neil - his teenage flatmate in Dunedin - with a broken balustrade.
The Parole Board says Trounson is an alcoholic and one of his
parole conditions is that he cannot drink alcohol for life.
He was sent back to prison in July 2011 after an off-duty prison
guard acting as a barman at a wedding saw him becoming visibly drunk.
Trounson also failed to tell the Probation Service in March that
he had stopped taking medication to combat his alcohol abuse.
The board says Trounson accepts it is a small price to pay for
living a law-abiding life in the community, and the only solution is for him to
take the medication religiously.
It say it is satisfied that he can be released in December and
that he will be given support by his family.
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