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Paul Tainui was determined to harm the woman he murdered after being indicted for drunk driving, police say. In a report released today, the police watchdog determined that officers were reasonable not to arrest or detain him.
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Paul Tainui, who was on parole, raped and murdered another woman within hours of the traffic stop. Source: 1 NEWS
In a report released today, the Independent Police Conduct Authority found that officers were justified in their dealings with Paul Tainui when they arrested him in Christchurch in April 2018.
Tainui, who was a convicted murderer on parole, had been charged with driving under the influence and had his keys confiscated before leaving on foot to Nicole Tuxford’s home, where he killed her the next morning.
He had also told the officers that he had knives in the car.
“At the time, the police did not have the appropriate mechanisms and training to identify when it was necessary to arrest a person on parole and a request for his return to prison had to be urgently considered. Since then, the police have worked with him. Department of Corrections to ensure a better The system is in place, “said the IPCA in its report.
“The Authority accepts that the officer’s assessment of the situation was reasonable, as was his decision-making.
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Nicole Tuxford’s sister, Christine Armshaw, and her mother, Cherie Gillatt, say Paul Tainui’s 28-year sentence today is disappointing. Source: 1 NEWS
“At that time there were no clear processes for me to follow regarding parolees and nothing in the law that requires parolees to be arrested when they are suspected of committing a crime in prison,” the president said of the Authority, Judge Colin Doherty.
Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said Tainui was on a determined path to harm Tuxford. Price said that Tainui’s interaction with police was not an impediment and that officers could not have predicted what he would do.
“The murder of Nicole Tuxford was a tragedy and her family remains in our thoughts as they continue to deal with the unimaginable pain and anguish caused by her loss.
“Our thoughts also remain with the family of Kim Schroder, who was killed by Tainui in 1994, for the gruesome re-trauma they faced after Nicole’s murder.”
Price said the police accept the IPCA’s findings that the officer who dealt with Tainui at the alcoholic beverage checkpoint acted appropriately and in line with police policies, and that it was reasonable not to detain or arrest him.
Paul Pounamu Tainui. Source: 1 NEWS
“As the facts of this case have shown, Tainui was determined to cause Nicole harm when he was arrested.
“The interaction with the police had no deterrent effect on him, and the officers who dealt with him simply had no realistic way of predicting what he would do.
“Those officers have also been deeply affected by Tainui’s despicable actions, however, as described in this report, they made appropriate decisions based on the information they had.”
Price said that during their interaction there was no indication of what Tainui would do and no reasonable requirement for him to be stopped.
Since this incident, police and Corrections have worked to make improvements to support front-line officers who can come into contact with parolees.
This includes an alert in the police database to alert an officer of relevant information about a person on probation, and further instructions on how they should be treated, including contacting Corrections through an Incident Line to advise the arrest and determine if a withdrawal request will be made.
He said that while the IPCA had emphasized that there was no certainty that Nicole’s death would have been prevented if the improved notification system had been put in place, the police and Corrections had worked hard to develop an improved process to protect the public and support to frontline officers, and would continue to work together to properly handle offenders on parole.
