Child murderer Barrie John Watts deemed 'unacceptable risk' to community as parole bid denied

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Child murderer Barrie Watts's bid for freedom denied

His bid for freedom sparked widespread community outrage that ledThe petition was put forward by Queensland LNP MP Dan Purdie with the Kingi family on June 6 and was tabled in Queensland parliament.When Watts was found guilty of murder in December, 1990, Justice Jack Kelly said he should never be released from prison or only be released on parole if he was of an age where he could not cause "menace to young girls".

In its decision, the Parole Board Queensland found Watts posed "an unacceptable risk to the safety of the community if released".

 

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