A ''prolific offender'' with hundreds of convictions became angry and swore during a recent Parole Board hearing.
Richie Stuart Clutterbuck was declined parole after a hearing at an undisclosed location last month.
Last year, Clutterbuck was jailed for two years and nine months for blackmail, in relation to threats made when $35,000 in money went missing from where it had been buried on a Nelson farm.
In its decision, the board noted Clutterbuck became ''increasingly angry'' during his previous appearance, in December, and did not accept responsibility for his offence.
The 49-year-old again became angry at last month's hearing, ''speaking loudly and using some foul language'', the board noted.
''There is no doubt he can be an angry man, or at least has quite a short fuse.''
The board noted Clutterbuck was a ''prolific offender'', with 14 pages of previous convictions.
In 2007, he made national headlines when he escaped from a Dunedin address, after being released into home detention by the Parole Board which deemed him at ''high risk of reoffending''.
In 2002, he attacked a police officer accompanying him on an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Christchurch.
The board noted Clutterbuck was not ready to start the special treatment unit rehabilitation programme, which provides treatment to serious violent offenders with a high risk of re-offending.
''The question is: are we satisfied that Clutterbuck would not pose an undue risk to the safety of the community if he were released at this time?,'' the board said.
''We are not satisfied at all about that given his history and presentation. We consider he would pose an undue risk.''
His risk of reoffending was classified as high and he had 18 months to complete his sentence.
Parole was declined and Clutterbuck is to be seen by the board in accordance with the statutory 12-month cycle.
