
Full parole denied for B.C. double-murderer after tense hearing
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A man convicted in the double-killings of a high school friend’s mother and grandmother in a murder-for-hire plot has been denied full parole.
A man convicted in the double-killings of a high school friend’s mother and grandmother in a murder-for-hire plot has been denied full parole.
The decision was handed down following an often tense parole board hearing for Derek Lord on Friday, where he became increasingly frustrated with the questions board members were asking him.
“I’m getting an indignant vibe in your communication right now. Is that how you’re feeling?’ asked parole board member Patrick Storey.
Lord responded that he was “very intimidated by this process” but was “not trying to be condescending.”
But the tense exchanges continued – at one point, the proceedings paused so Lord could calm down. He later said he was stressed out by the hearing.
“He could not handle it, at all. He had to leave the room and when he came back, he was still very stressed and difficult to deal with,” said Kim Hill, a relative of the victims. She said Lord “showed his true colors” at the hearing and that his day parole should be revoked.
In turning down his request for full parole, the board said to Lord that he had come across as “indignant, defensive, angry, belligerent.”