Child killer to apply for review

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ROBIN Reid has yet to apply for a review into the New South Wales Parole Authority’s decision to keep him behind bars.

A NSW Corrective Services spokesman said it was unclear when, if ever, Reid would apply for the review.

“It could be in a week, in a month or never,” the spokesman said.

The parole authority indicated during a private meeting last week their intentions to keep Reid, 61, locked up.

Reid, along with accomplice Paul Luckman, were found guilty of the murder of 13-year-old school boy Peter Aston at south Kingscliff in 1982.

The pair sexually assaulted and tortured Aston for an hour before burying him alive.

Reid and Luckman were later charged with the murder in Sydney Supreme Court and sentenced to life in prison.

Reid is currently incarcerated in maximum security at Goulburn Correctional Centre near Sydney. It will be another year before he is given another chance for parole.

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