“I’m interested in getting on with my life. I’m lonely and stuck in New Zealand due to the [parole] board’s decision to keep me here,” Thomson said. Thomson, who has also gone by the names of Andrew Tonks Thomson and Andrew Charles Tonks was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court in March 2020 for theft in a special relationship, namely $300,000, two charges using a forged document, two charges of managing a company while prohibited and making a false statement with a shareholder consent form in 2019. The offending related to dealings in Queenstown. At the time, one of the victims read her impact statement in court, and said he preyed on her “kind, empathetic nature to con me.”