By 3 News online staff
The former partner of serial sex offender Stewart Wilson – known as the ‘Beast of Blenheim’ – says he is “a vicious animal” and will likely reoffend.
Wilson, 65, will be released next month after spending 18 years behind bars for crimes including rape, assault, bestiality and child abuse.
Upon release, Wilson will have the toughest parole conditions ever imposed by the Department of Corrections in New Zealand.
But his former partner, who 3 News cannot name, says Wilson shouldn’t be released from prison.
“I know what he’s like. I was with him for two years,” she told Radio New Zealand.
“I wouldn’t say he’s a person, I’d say he’s an animal.”
She met Wilson in the 1970s after seeing an ad in the classifieds of the local paper.
“He advertised through the Herald or the Sun. Of course, I answered it and he said he’d take me out that night. He was looking for a female for company,” she told 3 News.
After meeting him once she says she didn’t want to see him again. But Wilson kept coming back.
Wilson later sexually assaulted her and so she called the police.
“It was bloody awful. I had to get rid of him in the end,” she says.
“I got a couple of hidings and everything else to go with it… It has affected me a lot, in every way I think.”
Wilson was imprisoned in 1996 and sent letters to his former partner from inside.
She never replied and pretended he had the wrong address.
After learning of his release next month, she has became worried again.
“He’s not the type of guy to be rehabilitated. He’ll never change,” she says.
“As far as I’m concerned, they can bloody hang the bastard. He’s that bloody cruel.”
She expected Wilson to die in prison and says she is still not ruling it out.
“I reckon the crew down in Whanganui will get to him. If the inmates get near him, I think they’ll finish him off.”
When asked how she would describe Wilson she replied: “Vicious. Vicious in every way”.
Wilson will be released from Christchurch’s Rolleston Prison at the beginning of next month and moved to a special house next to Whanganui Prison.
Conditions of Wilson’s parole include:
- He cannot move addresses without approval
- The Parole Board will review his progress in three months
- When he leaves the property he must be accompanied by two people from his reintegration team
- He cannot leave the Whanganui District
- He cannot associate unsupervised with anyone under the age of 16
- No females can be at his home without prior approval
- He cannot have contact with victims
- He must attend sessions with a psychologist
- He must be part of a reintegration programme
- He cannot gain employment or be a volunteer
- He cannot have unsupervised use of the internet
- He can only be in clubs or churches if accompanied by a supervisor
- He cannot use alcohol or drugs
- He cannot own or drive a vehicle.
- His location will be monitored by GPS
If Wilson breaches any of the conditions, prison officers from next door will immediately intervene.
He can also be recalled to prison if he shows an increased risk to the community.
3 News