If this is correct, he may not have been the best choice forNational. A former flat mate has said that she had to flee out her bedroom window due to his behaviour.
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-nat...tI5kbTRlj8
Uffindell's former flatmate, whom RNZ has agreed not to name, lived with the man and three other Otago University students for several months in Dunedin in 2003.
She told RNZ Uffindell engaged in a pattern of bullying during their second year at university, describing him as "verbally aggressive".
Uffindell would trash the house after "excessive" use of alcohol and drugs, she said.
"This was intimidation. This was bullying. I didn't feel safe," she said.
The woman said she eventually moved out of the flat after having to lock herself in her bedroom to avoid a drunken outburst one night.
"He was smashing on my door and yelling obscenities and basically telling me to get out - 'hit the road, fatty'.
"I ended up climbing out of my bedroom window and ran to a friend's house to stay the night. I feared for my safety. I was scared."
The woman said it was not an isolated incident: "it was just the straw that broke the camel's back." Her father travelled to Dunedin the next day to help her move out, she said.
Speaking to RNZ, the woman's father corroborated his part in the story and said his daughter had been "seriously upset".
"The flat itself was completely trashed. There wasn't a stick of furniture left. There was no crockery left. There were no handles left on anything. It had all been broken."
He said he gave Uffindell and two of the other flatmates "a serious piece of [his] mind" at the time.
"It was clear... [Uffindell] had real issues, real problems... he was out of control."
The woman said she was traumatised by the event and did her best to avoid Uffindell from then on: "my stomach would absolutely flip and drop if I saw him."
Looking back, the woman said she should have spoken to someone or taken some sort of action, but she was too scared. Uffindell never apologised for his actions, she said."
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-nat...tI5kbTRlj8
Uffindell's former flatmate, whom RNZ has agreed not to name, lived with the man and three other Otago University students for several months in Dunedin in 2003.
She told RNZ Uffindell engaged in a pattern of bullying during their second year at university, describing him as "verbally aggressive".
Uffindell would trash the house after "excessive" use of alcohol and drugs, she said.
"This was intimidation. This was bullying. I didn't feel safe," she said.
The woman said she eventually moved out of the flat after having to lock herself in her bedroom to avoid a drunken outburst one night.
"He was smashing on my door and yelling obscenities and basically telling me to get out - 'hit the road, fatty'.
"I ended up climbing out of my bedroom window and ran to a friend's house to stay the night. I feared for my safety. I was scared."
The woman said it was not an isolated incident: "it was just the straw that broke the camel's back." Her father travelled to Dunedin the next day to help her move out, she said.
Speaking to RNZ, the woman's father corroborated his part in the story and said his daughter had been "seriously upset".
"The flat itself was completely trashed. There wasn't a stick of furniture left. There was no crockery left. There were no handles left on anything. It had all been broken."
He said he gave Uffindell and two of the other flatmates "a serious piece of [his] mind" at the time.
"It was clear... [Uffindell] had real issues, real problems... he was out of control."
The woman said she was traumatised by the event and did her best to avoid Uffindell from then on: "my stomach would absolutely flip and drop if I saw him."
Looking back, the woman said she should have spoken to someone or taken some sort of action, but she was too scared. Uffindell never apologised for his actions, she said."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)