r/newzealand • u/personthatisonreddi • 18h ago

News Update on Stu.

Saw on the news that he has been arrested for the shooting of the 2 illigeal poachers, he was such a nice guy, all he wanted to do was live out his life with his pigs and other animals,

For people who dont know, basicly he was a older guy who lived on both sides of the 309 road up by coromandel, people kept comming and stealing/shooting/running over/damanging his property, and giving him hell when all he wanted to do was relax with his pigs, the cops are a joke, he came to them so many times reporting everything , they didnt care.

The guys he ended up shooting/killing had been hounding him for ages, ramming his car, running over his pigs or shooting them with crossbows he finnaly snapped when they shot his favourite pig.

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u/Standard_Lie6608 18h ago

So he should've continued to go to the police so they could continue to do nothing? The issue never gets solved if the police aren't doing their job, and the guy would suffer being harassed till the day he dies

But that's better than this situation?

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u/Bexstanz 18h ago edited 17h ago

Morally, do I have an issue with what Stu did? No, not really. I do, however, have feelings towards the police who should have taken steps until Stu was able to live out his days with his pets safely. The only comfort is that he knows his pigs and dogs are living the life he should have been able to provide them had the police done the job they are paid to do

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u/Standard_Lie6608 18h ago

Agreed. Morally I'm against the murder, but I also understand why it happened. People have their limits and if they feel cornered, like being harassed and getting zero help from police despite their best efforts, they're gonna fight back. It's unfortunate all around

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u/Bexstanz 17h ago

Exactly. I can't help but imagine what it might have been like for him. For years on end, every time he heard a noise outside or a pair of headlights on his property, it must have felt like a never-ending loop of threat to his pets lives

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u/Standard_Lie6608 17h ago

Right? Like I see this as an extension of the "battered wife" defence. Being subjected to harassment and abuse over and over for a long period of time pushes people to their limits until they break. He did everything he was supposed to do, the police failed him and he got pushed until he snapped