Karla Cardno's killer denied parole

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The man who kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered Lower Hutt teen Karla Cardno has been declined parole.

Paul Joseph Dally, has already served 20 years of a life prison sentence, but is considered too dangerous to be released.

Quoting a psychological assessment, the Parole Board described him as showing a "high degree of relationship to serious and violent recidivism".

"In the final analysis I am not entitrely confident that the underlying motives for Mr Dally's offending have been laid bare, and I consider that his current dismissal of his offence as 'ancient history' coupled with the assertion that he has been convicted of murder, not a sexual offence, extremely problematic."

In 1989 Dally kidnapped Karla as she cycled to her Lower Hutt home.

He then raped and tortured her in his nearby home, watching from the window as her frantic family searched outside.

Later he drove to the Pencarrow Coast, near Eastbourne, where he smashed her skull with a piece of driftwood and buried her face down, still alive and naked, and with her hands bound.

Though Dally chose not to appear at the parole hearing, his lawyer said he was "frustrated" at prison authorities stopping further rehabilitation and not allowing him to attend Self Care Units that had previously been recommended by the board.

The board said Karla's family had "significant" concerns about his release.

"There is very clear information before us about the devastation to others' lives as a result of what he did, the concern that he had done nothing significant to change his behaviour ... Not only would there be fears for the safety of the immediate family of the deceased but there would be a strongly held fear that the safety of others would be compromised."

The Parole Board postponed any further parole hearings for three years.

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