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National Post
15-07-2025
- National Post
Kelly Ellard, who killed B.C. teen Reena Virk in 1997, has parole revoked over drug use
VANCOUVER — Day parole has been revoked for the woman who drowned Victoria teenager Reena Virk 28 years ago. Article content A Parole Board of Canada decision says Kerry Sim, known as Kelly Ellard when she was convicted, breached her conditions to abstain from drugs. Article content The decision says Sim at first adamantly rejected the test result for methamphetamine, and instead argued it was a false positive from her own medication. Article content Article content The board says that Sim, at 42 years old, still has an anti-social and delinquent value system and is unwilling to accept responsibility for her own actions, putting her at high risk for future delinquent behaviour. Article content Article content She is a single parent of two children and the decision says she has struggled emotionally due to one child's behavioural issues and she also voiced safety concerns after a TV miniseries documented Virk's murder. Article content Fourteen-year-old Virk had already been badly beaten by a group of teenagers under the Craigflower Bridge before Sim, then 15, drowned her in the nearby Gorge waterway. Article content The swarming attack on Virk and subsequent trials and appeals gained international attention, with the judge saying that Virk was the defenceless victim of a prolonged and brutal attack in which Sim played a central role. Article content
CBC
17-06-2025
- CBC
Man convicted in hit and run that killed 10-year-old gets day parole
Colin Tweedie has been granted day parole less than a year after he was sentenced for the death of Talia Forrest. She was struck and killed while riding her bike in 2019. Kyle Moore has the story.
