Thursday 23 June 2022 08:26 AM Killer who stabbed teen Tania Burgess to be free in weeks despite pleas to keep ... trends now
Despite pleas by the family of murdered teen Tania Burgess that her killer never be released and given a 'fresh start' he will walk out of jail on August 1 after a parole board cut a year off his sentence.
Tania was 15 when the boy, then 16, ambushed and stabbed her 48 times in a NSW car park in 2005 and left her to die.
Despite pleas by the family that he not be allowed to remain anonymous, the 32-year-old killer can only be named as DL because the offence happened when he was a minor.
The man who killed 15-year-old Tania Burgess in 2005 by stabbing her 48 times will walk out of prison a year early after he was granted parole which will end his 17 years in jail
Justice James Wood said during the NSW State Parole Authority hearing that he had accepted expert advice that strongly recommended DL should be released with supervision before his full sentence expired next year.
'The priority is now supervision to foster his reintegration and the protection of the public,' the report by the Serious Offenders Review Council stated.
The now 32-year-old killer, who can only be named as DL because he committed the offence as a minor, will have strict parole conditions imposed including electronic monitoring
DL must provide authorities daily notifications of all his movements, be electronically monitored and must engage with treatment by a forensic psychologist along with other strict conditions.
Justice Wood extended the parole authority's deepest sympathies to Tania's parents, Mandy and Chris, who were present in court.
After being identified by a dying Tania, DL was arrested that evening.
Tania's parents, Chris and Mandy Burgess, have argued that DL should never be released and given the chance at an adult life that their daughter was
