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Tasmanian Parole Board publishes reasoning behind release of rapist and murderer Jamie John Curtis
Almost two weeks after deciding to release rapist and killer Jamie John Curtis, the Tasmanian Parole Board has made its reasons public.
Key points:
- The Tasmanian Parole Board has published its reasoning to release convicted rapist and murderer Jamie John Curtis, saying his attitude and behaviour has improved
- Curtis was released in 2018 but returned to prison within weeks after breaching his parole conditions
- Now aged in his 60s, Curtis will be on parole for the rest of his life and must wear a electronic monitoring anklet
Curtis was jailed after he tortured a Hobart couple for 12 hours in 1986, repeatedly raping then 17-year-old Tameka Ridgeway before murdering her fiance, 22-year-old Dean Allie.
He will walk free from Hobart’s Risdon Prison…
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