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Basil Steven Marshall Mist has six months left of his 20-year sentence for murdering Barbara Miller and sexually abusing five children.
A sexual predator who used his partner, whom he later killed, to lure a pre-teen victim into the bushes, uses the last of his jail term to finally try to make sense of his problems.
He has also agreed to be closely watched as he is imminent release from custody.
Basil Steven Marshall Mist still has six months to go with his 20-year backlog, indicted for the 2002 manslaughter of Barbara Jayne Miller and for raping and sexually abusing girls.
He repeatedly assaulted Miller, who weighed 41 kilograms and suffered more than 45 injuries when she was found dead in their Palmerston North home after choking on vomit.
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Several people spoke during Mist’s trial about how he beat and threatened Miller in front of people, including with knives.
The appeals court said Mist “may have been lucky that he was found guilty only of manslaughter”.
He also sexually assaulted girls, once letting Miller lure a 12-year-old girl while he was waiting in a park.
He forced the girl to look at him and Miller engage in a sexual act before raping her while Miller sat nearby.
According to reports from the Parole Board viewed by: stuff during the past decade, Mist has repeatedly refused to participate in meaningful treatment in prison.
But lately things have changed.
stuff was denied access to his hearing in July – media do not have free access to parole hearings – but a report issued later noted that he had started working with a psychologist.
He believed that his disabilities, which were not described in the report, prevented him from doing group programs in prison.
He and a psychologist had started a safety plan for his release, but it was still early.
They were still discussing many issues, but had discussed how he could recognize and deal with risky situations, the board said.
He had agreed to be under extended supervision when releaseda form of supervision with which the Custodial Institutions Service imposes various restrictions on offenders.
Conditions, including GPS monitoring and restrictions on where violators can go, can last as long as 10 years and must be signed by a Supreme Court judge.
Mist had yet to confirm he would live somewhere, as the extended supervision eliminated one possible location, the board said.
When asked about the impact on his victims, Mist told the board he was sorry, but it also had a big impact on him.
The board declined to see Mist a request in September, shortly after the extended surveillance order was likely to be confirmed, saying he faced “a number of challenges”.
He had to continue to work with the psychologist and find a release address for his next hearing in November.