Kelly Ellard
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A just society and our charter of rights and freedoms , oh and its Supreme Court rulings on what law means .
Doesn't matter, if she successfully completes this step she'll graduate to another one and unless there is a complete and utter improvement in her attitude and acceptance of her guilt, she will eventually be enemy # 1. Rena Virk is dead forever! Ellard is a psychopath or something just as nefarious!
She surrendered all rights and freedoms when the little bitch murdered Rena Virk.
And the parole board are omnipotent since when exactly ? A bunch of political appointments make up the parole boards .
Probably AKA Common sense- She was a bitch, she is a bitch and she'll always be a bitch! How does a woman get herself impregnated up when she is in custody? She's just another Karla Homolka!
Her poor kid will be another cluster fruck. Heroin Felon for a dad, murderer for a mom. Occasional parenting. Wonder who the spawn will kill? Where is child services when you need them?
The system is badly broken. Has there been any explanation how a convicted criminal in secure custody can get pregnant. Who was held responsible and what sanctions did he/she receive? And the taxpayer foots the bill for this nonsense, while a future generation is likely to be the victim of more violent crime!
I've been following it pretty well from day one. The murder took place right in my old stomping grounds!
Careful how you phrase your sentences now eh, using words like "sreading" on this sensitive topic could get misinterpreted
Sheesh, spell ck!!
**spreading**
Kelly Ellard, convicted in 1997 murder of Reena Virk, gets conditional day parole
Canadian Press
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Published:
November 30, 2017
Updated:
November 30, 2017 9:05 PM EST
By Laura Kane, THE CANADIAN PRESS
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Two decades after 14-year-old Reena Virk was savagely beaten and drowned near a bridge in the Victoria area, her killer has been granted conditional approval for day parole.
Kelly Ellard, 35, wiped away tears on Thursday as a two-member panel granted her day parole for six months. She’ll first have to complete a residential treatment program for substance abuse during that term.
Panel member Colleen Zuk said Ellard was largely responsible for Virk’s death in a crime she described as “heinous.”
Family handout photo of Reena Virk. (Supplied)
“It’s very problematic in your case that there have been years and years of deception, of lying about the facts,” Zuk said. “Today we found that you continued to somewhat minimize.”
However, she said she found Ellard to be more transparent than in the past, including admitting she planned to harm Virk and said she wanted to “get rid of her” after the beating.
Zuk said it helped that Ellard has done trauma counselling and had the support of her parole officer, who said her last substance abuse issue was in June 2015 and she has not been violent in a decade.
Before the decision, Ellard said there was nothing Virk could have possibly said or done to deserve what happened to her.
“It wasn’t about her,” she said. “She should have been at home with her family who loved her, not out with us that night, and I’m very sorry.”
After six months, the parole board will review the decision. Ellard will be subject to conditions including that she not use drugs or alcohol or contact anyone involved in crime or Virk’s family.
Ellard has served about 15 years in prison, having spent some periods out on bail. She was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005 after three trials and is serving a life sentence.
Mukand Pallan, Virk’s grandfather, said the family has been waiting for an apology for 20 years.
Mukand Lal Pallan, (left), father of Manjit Virk (centre), and Amarjit Pallan take comfort as supporters speak at a memorial marking 20 years since the swarming and bullying death of 14-year-old Reena Virk.at the Craigflower Schoolhouse in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
“If she has admitted fully her guilt, and she has said sorry, I don’t think there’s anything else we can ask for. And if she’s just playing games like she’s been doing for the last 20 years, it won’t satisfy us,” he said.
“Still, she has to admit fully that she’s responsible for it and she killed Reena. And she should say ‘I’m sorry for that.’”
A court heard Ellard, then 15, and several other teens swarmed and beat Virk before Ellard and a teenage boy followed her across the bridge, smashed her head into a tree and held her underwater until she drowned.
Warren Glowatski was also convicted of second-degree murder and granted full parole in 2010.
Kelly Ellard and her father Lawrence leave the Vancouver courthouse, March 30, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ellard has recently assumed more responsibility for her part in the murder, saying she rolled Virk’s unconscious body into the Gorge waterway.
But she continued to deny holding the girl’s head underwater on Thursday.
“I am adamant that didn’t happen,” she told the panel. “Someone who had been beaten that badly, you wouldn’t need to hold them under water.”
The panel pressed her to explain why she pushed Virk’s body into the water. Ellard replied that she was terrified the girl would call police.
“I had never seen anything like that,” Ellard said, breaking down in tears. “Either she was dead or she was dying. I just wanted to get rid of her.”
When asked who was responsible for Virk’s death, she replied, “I am.”
Ellard first applied for day parole in 2016 and was denied. But in February she was granted temporary escorted absences to go to parenting programs and doctors’ appointments with her infant son.
Kelly Ellard, left, arrives at Vancouver Law Courts in this file photo. (Glenn Baglo/Postmedia File Photo)
She became pregnant last year after having conjugal visits with her boyfriend, who is also in prison and is scheduled to return to the community soon. The baby lives with Ellard in prison.
Ellard said she has suffered from anxiety her entire life and it was especially acute when she first went out on escorted absences.
“When I was first going out and someone looked at me, (I thought) they’re judging me and I have a sign flashing above my head that I’m a monster,” she said.
But Ellard said she turned her attention to her son and thought about how lucky she was to have him.
She said she intends to co-parent with her boyfriend but if he commits a crime or uses drugs, she’s prepared to leave.
“As much as I love him, if I had to let go … for the sake of myself and my child, I would.”
— With files from Gemma Karstens-Smith in Vancouver.
Kelly Ellard, convicted in 1997 murder of Reena Virk, gets conditional day parole | Toronto Sun
Canadian Press
More from Canadian Press
Published:
November 30, 2017
Updated:
November 30, 2017 9:05 PM EST
By Laura Kane, THE CANADIAN PRESS
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Two decades after 14-year-old Reena Virk was savagely beaten and drowned near a bridge in the Victoria area, her killer has been granted conditional approval for day parole.
Kelly Ellard, 35, wiped away tears on Thursday as a two-member panel granted her day parole for six months. She’ll first have to complete a residential treatment program for substance abuse during that term.
Panel member Colleen Zuk said Ellard was largely responsible for Virk’s death in a crime she described as “heinous.”
Family handout photo of Reena Virk. (Supplied)
“It’s very problematic in your case that there have been years and years of deception, of lying about the facts,” Zuk said. “Today we found that you continued to somewhat minimize.”
However, she said she found Ellard to be more transparent than in the past, including admitting she planned to harm Virk and said she wanted to “get rid of her” after the beating.
Zuk said it helped that Ellard has done trauma counselling and had the support of her parole officer, who said her last substance abuse issue was in June 2015 and she has not been violent in a decade.
Before the decision, Ellard said there was nothing Virk could have possibly said or done to deserve what happened to her.
“It wasn’t about her,” she said. “She should have been at home with her family who loved her, not out with us that night, and I’m very sorry.”
After six months, the parole board will review the decision. Ellard will be subject to conditions including that she not use drugs or alcohol or contact anyone involved in crime or Virk’s family.
Ellard has served about 15 years in prison, having spent some periods out on bail. She was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005 after three trials and is serving a life sentence.
Mukand Pallan, Virk’s grandfather, said the family has been waiting for an apology for 20 years.
Mukand Lal Pallan, (left), father of Manjit Virk (centre), and Amarjit Pallan take comfort as supporters speak at a memorial marking 20 years since the swarming and bullying death of 14-year-old Reena Virk.at the Craigflower Schoolhouse in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
“If she has admitted fully her guilt, and she has said sorry, I don’t think there’s anything else we can ask for. And if she’s just playing games like she’s been doing for the last 20 years, it won’t satisfy us,” he said.
“Still, she has to admit fully that she’s responsible for it and she killed Reena. And she should say ‘I’m sorry for that.’”
A court heard Ellard, then 15, and several other teens swarmed and beat Virk before Ellard and a teenage boy followed her across the bridge, smashed her head into a tree and held her underwater until she drowned.
Warren Glowatski was also convicted of second-degree murder and granted full parole in 2010.
Kelly Ellard and her father Lawrence leave the Vancouver courthouse, March 30, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ellard has recently assumed more responsibility for her part in the murder, saying she rolled Virk’s unconscious body into the Gorge waterway.
But she continued to deny holding the girl’s head underwater on Thursday.
“I am adamant that didn’t happen,” she told the panel. “Someone who had been beaten that badly, you wouldn’t need to hold them under water.”
The panel pressed her to explain why she pushed Virk’s body into the water. Ellard replied that she was terrified the girl would call police.
“I had never seen anything like that,” Ellard said, breaking down in tears. “Either she was dead or she was dying. I just wanted to get rid of her.”
When asked who was responsible for Virk’s death, she replied, “I am.”
Ellard first applied for day parole in 2016 and was denied. But in February she was granted temporary escorted absences to go to parenting programs and doctors’ appointments with her infant son.
Kelly Ellard, left, arrives at Vancouver Law Courts in this file photo. (Glenn Baglo/Postmedia File Photo)
She became pregnant last year after having conjugal visits with her boyfriend, who is also in prison and is scheduled to return to the community soon. The baby lives with Ellard in prison.
Ellard said she has suffered from anxiety her entire life and it was especially acute when she first went out on escorted absences.
“When I was first going out and someone looked at me, (I thought) they’re judging me and I have a sign flashing above my head that I’m a monster,” she said.
But Ellard said she turned her attention to her son and thought about how lucky she was to have him.
She said she intends to co-parent with her boyfriend but if he commits a crime or uses drugs, she’s prepared to leave.
“As much as I love him, if I had to let go … for the sake of myself and my child, I would.”
— With files from Gemma Karstens-Smith in Vancouver.
Kelly Ellard, convicted in 1997 murder of Reena Virk, gets conditional day parole | Toronto Sun
What she those others did to Reena Virk was unbelievable and so callous it's unimaginable that they could ever be rehabilitated
After being charged with that offense and out on bail, didn't she beat the shit out of another woman in the park? The tragedy now is going to be perpetuated through her son! H.T.F. does a convicted criminal get pregnant while in jail?
I don't recall if that happened, but based on what she did to Reena, it sure wouldn't come as any surprise to me if she did