Paul Tainui had criminal psychopath traits in 2010 - Coroner

A coroner has found convicted murderer Paul Tainui would have had the traits of a criminal psychopath in 2010 but it wasn't detected when the Parole Board asked for him to be assessed. Tainui, who was born Paul Russell Wilson - raped and murdered Kimberley Schroder in 1994. Before his release for that crime in 2010, Tainui went through psychological testing and it was found he did not meet the level to be assessed a psychopath and was low risk of reoffending in most circumstances. But Coroner Marcus Elliott has ruled Tainui's offending in 1994 and 2018 was that of a criminal psychopath and he must have had those traits in 2010, senior reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about the details. A warning, this story deals with extreme violence, sexual assault and suicide.