Man who raped and murdered 14-year-old in 1986 given unescorted leave

It adds: “At the hearing, however, you were not really able to discuss relevant aspects of your history in any depth, skating lightly on pertinent areas such as your violence and aggression and sexual offending. You continue to hold distortions about your sexual assault of the victim that included bondage, the infliction of pain and the use of ligatures, indicating to the Board that the sex was ‘consensual at the time, but no more.’ It is evident you were not attuned to the fact that the 14-year-old could not consent, and that even assuming minority were not an issue and there was consent, it could be withdrawn at any moment.”