‘Evil’: Prisoners Review Board refuse parole for child killer Dante Arthurs

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‘Evil’: Prisoners Review Board refuse parole for child killer Dante Arthurs

Child killer Dante Arthurs has made a third unsuccessful bid to be released on parole, with authorities finding he poses an unacceptable risk to the community.

Arthurs was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007 for the “shocking and evil” ***** and ******* of eight-year old schoolgirl Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu.

Sofia went to the Livingston Marketplace in Canning Vale, in Perth’s southeast, with her family in June 2006 when Arthurs followed her to the toilet.

Camera IconSchoolgirl Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu was murdered by Dante Arthurs inside a toilet cubicle at a shopping centre in Perth. Credit: News Limited

Arthurs, then aged 21 and working at the markets, grabbed Sofia and locked her in the disabled toilet.

Only 10 minutes later, the young schoolgirl was dead. Her brother discovered her body in the toilet cubicle as Arthurs fled the scene.

He pleaded guilty to ******* and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole ******* of 13 years – a sentence that was strongly condemned by the public and led to law changes in Western Australia.

The non-parole ******* for ******* was increased to carry a penalty of life imprisonment, and a distinction between ******* and wilful ******* was removed to only consider the charge of *******.

Never to be released sentences became available to all murders.

The Prisoners Review Board was required to consider Arthurs’ release from prison last Friday but refused his parole.

Attorney-General Tony Buti said Arthurs would remain in prison.

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“It is clear to me after reading the report, the release of Mr Arthurs into the community posed an unacceptable risk,” he said.

“This was a shocking and evil crime that shook all Western Australians to the core and still does today.

“It is impossible to comprehend the pain and suffering Sofia’s family has endured and are forced to live with every day and my thoughts are with them.

“I want to assure Western Australians that when making these decisions the concerns of the community are at the forefront of my considerations.”

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch previously told media that Arthurs should remain behind bars.

“I think people know me well enough to know what I think Dante Arthurs should be doing for the rest of his life,” he said.

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