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Displaced dancers ready to perform
UNABLE to return home due to the rampaging war in Ukraine, the dancers of the Grand Kyiv Ballet have spent the last year performing around the world. The ballet group has performed in the USA, China, and across Europe. Their global tour will take them to the Frankston Arts Centre this week. See story page 4. Picture: Supplied
Plan to keep killer jailed forever fails Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A BILL which would keep Frankston serial killer Paul Denyer behind bars for good has been rejected by the state government. Denyer murdered Elizabeth Stevens, Deborah Fream, and Natalie Russell in 1993. He is now eligible for parole having served a 30-year sentence.
The bill would have prevented Denyer from making repeated parole applications - similar restrictions have been placed on Julian Knight and Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue in the past. The bill was voted down 19 votes to 17 in the upper house last Wednesday. Labor, Greens, and Legalise Cannabis Party MPs combined to reject the proposal. Denyer has already applied for pa-
role once. Shadow corrections minister Brad Battin said “whilst we trust the Adult Parole Board, the Liberals and Nationals believe the families of Natalie Russell, Elizabeth Stevens and Debbie Fream should not be forced to re-live their trauma.” “The Andrews government have flagged major changes to the parole system. Now, the onus is on them to deliver on their promise,” he said. Leader of the opposition in the
legislative council Georgie Crozier told parliament last week that the proposed bill would keep Denyer behind bars “unless the parole board is satisfied that his death is imminent or he is seriously incapacitated to the extent that he lacks the capacity to harm another person.” “The families and friends of Denyer’s victims deserve to have assurance beyond doubt that he will remain in jail for the rest of his life.
While nothing will end the enduring pain of the victim’s families and their friends, this bill will end the uncertainty of the possibility of his release into the community,” she said. Denyer’s first application for parole was denied by the Adult Parole Board in May. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke did not respond to questions from The Times. Continued page 3