How a young man with violent tendencies had assaulted his partner, threatened to take out her family, was able to get his hands on a shotgun and wreak havoc with it in downtown Auckland, killing two, wounding eight.
Ultimately, it comes down to a call by an individual judge - and they will never be able to get it right 100% of the time. Christie Marceau was murdered by a young man out on bail after previously offending against her. Blessie Gotingco was run down, raped, and murdered by a man on electronic monitoring. And now we have Matu Reid who joins the roll call of shame.
I feel for the judges. I really do.
