Kelly Ellard resumes day parole after suspension, loses expanded privileges
CTV
The woman convicted of killing teenager Reena Virk near Victoria in 1997 has been allowed to return to day parole after her parole was suspended this summer.
Kelly Ellard, who now goes by the name Kerry Sim, had her parole suspended in August after domestic abuse was reported between the 39-year-old and her partner, the father of her two children.
At first, Sim denied any violence, but after her parole was suspended she admitted violence had occurred in a post-suspension interview.
"In the post suspension interview on August 16, 2021, you were emotional and denied any violence in your relationship," reads the decision from the Canadian Parole Board, completed on Oct. 28.
"Your parole officer challenged you because of the reliable information that there had been violence on two occasions."
Sim later said the violence, which included "pushing each other," was due to a dispute over how Sim's partner was disciplining their son, she said.
"When asked about any other violent incidents that were not reported, you admitted that the eyebrow laceration that you reported as an accident was in fact a result of your spouse's physical violence towards you," reads the decision.
Sim told the parole board that the injury was a result of being punched several times in the head, "resulting in a cut that required a hospital visit."
She explained that she did not report the incident because she did not want to speak with police, and because she did not want her partner to get in trouble.
