Convicted British Columbia killer Kelly Ellard to ask for parole again

Feb 27, 2017 | 9:28 AM

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Convicted killer Kelly Ellard is expected to once again ask for escorted releases today, nearly 20 years after she killed a teenage girl near Victoria.

Ellard made the same request last month, saying she wanted to leave a prison in Abbotsford, B.C., to attend medical appointments and parenting programs following the birth of her child.

The two-member parole board panel was split in its decision and the request was denied.

Ellard has spent about 15 years behind bars after she was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1997 beating and drowning death of 14-year-old Reena Virk.