Corrections has said an employee was intercepted trying to take contraband into Spring Hill Corrections Facility. A man now faces four charges in court.
He was 20 when he saw Alkema walking beside the river on a Saturday morning. He followed her, strap in hand, strangled her from behind and dragged her into the bushes. Her disordered clothing suggested a sexual motive, but Abraham denied it.
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Nika Abraham pictured in March 2003 at his trial for murdering Lower Hutt woman Kate Alkema. (File photo) In discussions with the Parole Board and a psychologist it emerged in 2020 that Abraham had followed two other women before he killed Alkema. Once he was carrying a knife, and he frightened the other woman so that she dropped a computer tablet.
Police made two arrests in relation to the incidents, both of which have led to drugs charges. In Hawke’s Bay, a man in his 40s was charged with possession of methamphetamine for supply, possession of cannabis oil for supply and possession of cannabis, a police spokeswoman said. A second man in his 40s was arrested in relation to the Spring Hill incident and charged with possession of non-approved psychoactive product for supply, breach of the Corrections Act, and possession of methamphetamine for supply.
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One Corrections staff member has been charged with trying to take forbidden items into Hawke s Bay Regional Prison.
Tony Wall05:00, May 31 2021
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Rachel Edge says her son, Travis, did four months in solitary confinement at Auckland South Corrections Facility.
Four years ago, an international report slammed New Zealand’s over-use of solitary confinement in prisons. Since Labour came to power, the practice has only increased, driving some to despair. National Correspondent Tony Wall and data journalist Felippe Rodrigues investigate. Travis Edge is a gang member who’s been in and out of prison most of his adult life. “My son’s a little s.,” says his mother, registered nurse Rachel Edge. “I’ve rung the police on him before, when he’s deserved it. He’s a little s., but he’s my little s., and when I see injustice being done, I fight like a pitbull.”