Convicted killer and sex offender Phillip John Smith has been denied parole because he continues to pose a high risk for re-offending.
On June 22, Smith reached his parole eligibility date for his latest sentencing after his high-profile escape to Brazil while on temporary release in 2014.
He is currently serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of the father of a 12-year-old Wellington boy he had been molesting.
In a reserved decision released by the Parole Board today, a psychological assessment report from May 10 was cited as rating Smith’s “overall risk as high for sexual, violent and general re-offending”.
