NZ s longest serving prisoner Alfred Vincent dies
7 Apr, 2021 11:02 PM
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Alfred Thomas Vincent has died after being released from Rimutaka Prison earlier this year. Photo / Supplied
Alfred Thomas Vincent has died after being released from Rimutaka Prison earlier this year. Photo / Supplied
New Zealand s longest-serving prisoner Alfred Vincent has died.
Vincent was one of the first people to be sentenced to preventive detention in 1968 after he was convicted of indecently assaulting five boys aged 12-14.
The Christchurch man spent more than 50 years in prison before being released earlier this year.
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Vincent had deteriorated mentally and physically while in prison.
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