Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te tangata i whakawakia mo te kohuru i te wahine marena hou a Stephanie Scott he rite ki te tangata e kore e kitea i roto i te taone iti o te tuawhenua i neke atu ai ia i te 13 marama ki muri. Ko Leeton he hapori tata e 6,700 noa iho te iwi, engari he iti noa te mea e mohiotia ana mo te kaihoroi kura noa iho e horoi ana i nga whare wananga o Leeton High School mai i te Oketopa. Ko te tangata e 24 tau te pakeke e whakawakia ana mo te kohuru o te kaiako reo Ingarihi me te whakaari a Ms Scott i te Rātapu o te Aranga, i whanau mai i Tasmania, i noho ki Holland me tona whanau i mua i tana hokinga ki Ahitereiria hei pakeke. I neke atu a Vincent Stanford ki roto i tētahi whare tokorua me tōna whaea me tōna tuakana i Leeton, i te rohe o Riverina o New South Wales, e 550 kiromita ki te tonga-ki te hauauru o Hītini me 450 kiromita ki te raki o Melbourne, me te putea iti noa iho o nga taonga o ia tangata. E ai ki ōna hoa noho i Maiden Avenue, i manakohia te whānau e te hapori, engari he torutoru noa iho ngā hononga a Vincent Stanford. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te kaiako o te kura tuarua a Stephanie Scott (matau) i te kura tuarua o Leeton i te Rātapu o te Aranga e whakaoti ana i etahi mahere akoranga hei whakarite mo te haere ki tana marama honi ki Tahiti. Ko Vincent Stanford, te kaitiaki horoi i te Kura Tuarua o Leeton, i neke mai ki tēnei whare kōhanga kotahi me tōna whaea me tōna tuakana i te 13 marama ki muri. Ko Bill Scanlan, e noho ana i te taha o Stanford, i korero ki te Sydney Morning Herald: "He momo taangata pai ia, he tangata takitahi. " I kii tana wahine a Gail Scanlan ki Daily Mail Ahitereiria Ko Stanford he "tangata pakari nui me nga kanohi pouri, pango" ka korerorero raua ko tana tane ki te taiapa. I whakaahuatia e ia he taitama ataahua, he tangata whai tikanga, e hiahia ana ki te ahu whakamua i roto i te ora. I kii a Mrs Scanlan ko te whakapae me tona whanau i noho ki a ratau ano engari he hoa, a 'ka haere mai ki te kapu kawhe'. Ko tōna whaea a Anika, he nēhi tohu, i mahi ki tētahi whare māra o te rohe, ā, ko Stanford, me tōna tuakana a Luke, i mahi i ngā mahi huri, nā reira i kī a Mr Scanlan kāore rātau i kite pinepine i te whānau. I taua wā, i a Stanford e whakarerekē ana ki te oranga i Leeton, ko tana tuakana māhanga ōrite <unk> i neke mai i Hōrana ki Ahitereiria...
I whānau a Vincent Stanford ki Tasmania i mua i tana taenga ki Aotearoa. I te taenga mai ki Ahitereiria i nga tau tata nei, kua noho ia me tona whaea me tana tuakana i roto i tetahi whare iti i Leeton, NSW, mo nga marama 13. I hoki mai tōna māhanga ōrite i Hōrana i Hune 2013. 'He tangata tino pai ia, he tangata takitahi,' e ai ki te hoa noho tata. I whiwhi mahi a Stanford hei kaitiaki horoi i te Oketopa. I horoia e ia te kura tuarua o Leeton i mahi ai a Stephanie Scott. E ai ki tana kaituku mahi kua paahitia e ia nga tirotirohanga katoa o nga rekoata hara a motu. I whakawakia a Stanford mō te kohuru o Stephanie Scott i te Rāhoroi. Ko ngā kī kura i tukuna ki a ia i kitea i tōna kāinga.