A murderer’s right to Cosmo?

The Dom Post reports:

Convicted  murderer Stephen Hudson is taking his jailers to court, alleging a breach of his human rights for seizing an issue of racy women’s magazine Cosmopolitan.

Hudson, 39, has filed High Court proceedings understood to relate to a 2008 copy of the magazine, which contains a lavishly illustrated article comparing natural breasts to those with implants.

Hudson was found guilty in November of murdering 22-year-old Nicholas Pike in the central North Island in March 2002.

Mr Pike’s body has not been found. His mother, Evelyn Pike, says Hudson’s court action sounds ridiculous. As a murderer he had given up his right to enjoy such material.

“I can understand him complaining about it but don’t think he should be able to go to court over it. I suppose he has nothing else to do but be a nuisance and waste everyone’s time.”

Hudson’s appeal against his conviction and the 16-year minimum tagged to his life imprisonment sentence is due to be heard on July 22.

He has filed the court papers for the magazine case himself. The Corrections Department will not comment on the specifics. It has yet to file a defence.

One can’t stop someone from going to court, but I sure as hell hope he is not getting legal aid.

Part of Hudson’s argument is based on the “boobs on bikes parade” court case, in which a judge refused to stop a street parade of topless women riding motorbikes.

“He says that if young children can stand on the side of the road and see boobs on bikes why can he not see boobs inside,” his mother, Christina Billing says.

Because he killed someone!!!