Convicted killer Kelly Ellard allowed temporary escorted prison release
Posted Feb 27, 2017 05:46:45 PM.
Last Updated Feb 27, 2017 05:47:46 PM.
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Convicted killer Kelly Ellard has been granted temporary escorted absences from prison to attend doctor’s appointments and parenting programs for her baby.
Parole board member Alex Dantzer says it’s disturbing that Ellard continues to minimize her crime, but in light of her good behaviour in prison she should be allowed the absences.
Ellard made the same request last month, saying she wanted to leave a prison in Abbotsford, B.C., to attend medical appointments and parenting programs following the birth of her child.
The two-member parole board panel was split in its decision and the request was denied.
Ellard has spent about 15 years behind bars after she was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1997 beating and drowning death of 14-year-old Reena Virk near Victoria.
At an initial parole hearing last May, she took responsibility for Virk’s death following years of repeatedly denying her involvement.
