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retrieved his knife and then stabbed
Nimphet to death when she returned. The manager of the parlour, Herbert Richard Norris, and another Thai woman who worked there, Angkana Chaisamret, heard screams. As the door swung open a naked Poulter emerged holding a bloodied knife. Poulter then stabbed both Norris and Chaisamret before fleeing the parlour through a second-storey window at the back of the building. All three victims suffered multiple stab wounds. Both Norris and Nimphet succumbed to their injuries but Chaisamret survived. Hours later, Poulter, who was bleeding from his leg, walked into the Auckland central police station at around 11:13 p.m. and placed the knife on the counter. He surrendered to the police and confessed to the murders.
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where he claimed he was abused. In 1978, Poulter joined the Navy but was later discharged. He went on to work in various jobs including advertising, farming, fishing, shearing, and demolition. Between each job
Poulter racked up a string of convictions, reaching sixty-seven in total, however, none of them were for violence.
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Poulter had started taking drugs and was supposedly planning to fake his own death so he could be free of his parole conditions. His probation officer, who was already concerned with some
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Poulter first became eligible for parole in late 2011, but it was denied. He was again denied parole in 2015 and 2016. In June 2018, after twenty-one years behinds bars, Poulter was paroled for the first time, with the board believing he was no longer a risk. In July, Poulter changed his name to John
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On the day of the recall, Poulter was given a risk assessment in which he denied that he was going to self-harm. He did admit, however, that he wished to speak to a counsellor. On 2 September, an officer attempted to make a referral to a private counselling provider. On 4 September, Poulter was seen
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just before 5:00 a.m. after he had trawled through two bars looking for potential victims. They walked towards Pigeon Park, a cemetery, where
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Cleopatra's, a massage parlour, armed with a large knife. Poulter entered the parlour around 4.20 p.m. and paid $ 50 for a room with his pick of a Thai woman. He chose Ladda Nimphet and entered a private room with her. When she left to make some coffee, Poulter
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Poulter confessed to his crimes, but while describing the events he claimed he could not remember the week between the killings. He attributed his murderous rampage to a second personality of his which he called 'Hell' which had supposedly driven him to commit murder. He claimed he thought the
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Poulter suffered from epilepsy and depression, and attempted suicide at least three times. He had a brief relationship with a woman and fathered a son, but by the early 1990s, both
Poulter's partner and son had left him. He entered Odyssey House, a drug and alcohol support service based in
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