A murderer claiming $350,000 damages says his recall to jail was botched and he received more than the maximum sentence on a prison discipline charge.
The court claim for John Alfred Vogel is the latest in a series of prisoners claiming compensation for alleged injustices while behind bars.
Vogel's lawyer, Tony Ellis, has confirmed the claim is expected to be filed next week. Vogel was sentenced to life imprisonment in February 1988 for murdering Peter David Hoey at Auckland.
While free on parole, Vogel was given notice of an application to recall him to resume serving his life sentence in February 2000.
It is alleged the Parole Board recall hearing was two days after the legal deadline lapsed.
Vogel was charged with a prison discipline offence and a District Court judge sentenced him on a charge that did not exist in law to 21 days' solitary confinement when the maximum was 15 days, it is claimed.
Vogel was freed a second time on parole, only to be recalled again.
Mr Ellis said the legality of the second recall was not questioned but it must have counted against Vogel that he had already been recalled once.
Vogel is still in jail.
The Government has vowed to change the law so prisoners cannot receive any money for mistreatment.
- NZPA
Murderer claims $350,000 compo in jail recall row
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