New Zealand Parole Board -

Parole Hearing

Under section 21(2) of the Parole Act 2002

Andrew Peter MCGLYNN

Hearing: Tuesday 27 June 2023

at Otago Corrections Facility via MS Teams

Members of the Board:

Sir Ron Young – Chairperson

Ms M Kleist

Dr G Coyle

Prof P Brinded

In Attendance:  [withheld] – Case Manager

Support Persons: [withheld]

DECISION OF THE BOARD

1. Mr McGlynn is 56 years of age was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1986.  His security classification is currently low. Since that time Mr McGlynn has apparently had eight releases and re-calls, he has committed 26 offences since the murder, including violence and numbers of breaches of parole special conditions. The violence ended in 2004 but he has continued on to breach special conditions on releases.
2. Prior to his murder conviction he had four pages of convictions involving violence and property. His RoC*RoI is .91. We last saw him in August 2022, he had been released to [withheld] with support from [withheld] but that simply did not work. And the release arrangements and accommodation fell through and he was re-called.
3. Today, we have a psychological report, setting out his circumstances. [withheld] He is undertaking [withheld] counselling which seems to have been particularly positive for Mr McGlynn, given concern has been his capacity for emotional regulation.  He is learning a number of new strategies to regulate his emotions that he thinks will help him mange future releases.
4. And so today Mr McGlynn suggested a plan and invited us to broadly adopt it as a way toward his release. He says in the past he has had a number of releases to various organisations supported by the Board and by Corrections, none of which has worked for him. And so, his proposal is as follows. Firstly, that he complete the [withheld] counselling, which is important to him and does have an important aspect relating to his risk and his re-calls.  There are a further six sessions to go. Secondly, he asks that he be transferred to Auckland Prison. He would then like to work his way through onto release to work and ultimately obtain release from Auckland Prison.
5. Today he had three support people available for discussion with us, [withheld]. [withheld] is prepared to provide accommodation for him. [withheld] has a long involvement in supporting prisoners through other organisations and he is now prepared to offer, what we are sure will be a good prosocial home for Mr McGlynn.
6. Secondly, [withheld], who has had a history of offending in the past, has developed a business [withheld] and he is prepared to offer Mr McGlynn a job. Mr Malcolm has clearly turned the corner and has a prosocial life.
7. And finally, [withheld], who has provided long-term support for Mr McGlynn.
8. And so, if all of that support comes together, then we think Mr McGlynn will have a good support proposal. The idea is, he would spend some time in Auckland Prison, hopefully working his way into release to work and hopefully being able to try out the employment with [withheld] although that is a matter entirely for Corrections and Auckland Prison to decide. Once he is settled in reintegration and has had the opportunity for some guided releases to his potential employment and to his accommodation then the Parole Board will need to assess whether his release plan is sufficient to safely release Mr McGlynn again.
9. And so, we will see him in 12 months’ time, by the end of July 2024 with the hope that all of that has been able to progress in the way anticipated.