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1.1     This is my personal submission in relation to the Prisoners and Victims Claims Bill.

1.2     I request to be heard in support of this submission.

1.3     The address for correspondence in relation to this submission is :-

Tai Hobson
address not disclosed
to protect the victim
Auckland

1.4     My wife Mary was brutally murdered 4 years ago with 2 others and another left for dead at the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA by William Bell.

Bell was on Parole for aggravated robbery at the time, having 102 previous convictions, many for violence. Bell was not meeting his Parole conditions, even being charged with assault on a female while on Parole and still not recalled or correctly monitored as required by Probation Services.

Mary and the other RSA victims would be alive today if the Government services that are required to protect us had followed their own rules and regulations.

Criminals are being allowed to seek compensation for the wrongs done to them when the system fails. Yet when a victim finally finds the strength to speak up and seek redress for the wrongs done to them when the same system fails they are persecuted. We have been wronged and should at least be given the same basic human right to seek Justice as the criminals.

2.     The Bill

2.1     I support the Bill for victims to make claims for the wrongs done to them.

2.2     I support the Bill to strengthen the rights of victims

2.3     I oppose any award to compensation to prisoners