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A SELF-confessed serial pedophile warned parole officers he would strike again while he was in prison but was released - without supervision - only to carry out his chilling threat. Jeffrey John Hillsley, 53, was yesterday sentenced in the Supreme Court to 30 years' jail for the murder of a Campsie man and the repeated rape of the man's 10-year-old stepdaughter on New Year's Eve in 2003. Hillsley had been serving a 12-year jail term in Canberra for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl and attempting to rape a nine-year-old when he penned a letter to the ACT parole board in May 1998. He wrote: "My psychologist has not seen me for 12 months. But who gives a f...? Not the parole board. A message for the community - I will be back. Thank God for little girls." He signed it: "Walking Evil". Hillsley made a similar threat in 1991 when he allegedly told a prison officer: "The screws have bashed me and the more that happens to me the more kids will suffer. They won't find me next time; it will be another Samantha Knight." Despite the warnings, he was released from prison when his sentence expired in February 2002. The slain man, whom Hillsley befriend, had invited him to stay with his family for Christmas in 2003 but after he asked questions about his "personal life", Hillsley left on December 27. Four days later, Hillsley returned to the home armed with a hammer and a knife while the man and three children slept. Hillsley woke the man, whose wife was at work, and fatally struck him with the hammer. He then awoke the 10-year-old girl and threatened to kill her if she did not obey him. He took her to the garage and raped her, before making her walk the streets of several suburbs. He raped her again in Chullora. At about 3pm the young girl escaped and ran home and police found Hillsley cowering in a canal drain in Campsie shortly after. The girl later told police Hillsley had raped her on another occasion in early December 2003. A source said an ACT parole officer was physically ill on hearing Hillsley had confirmed her worst fears and struck again. The ACT parole board refused to comment when contacted by The Daily Telegraph yesterday. In his judgment, Justice Peter Hidden said he gave Hillsley a 25 per cent discount on his sentence because he pleaded guilty on all six counts and co-operated with police and prosecutors. He said he had not exercised a life sentence for the murder, as the Crown sought, because he did not believe Hillsley intended to kill the man - only to "bash him" because he was angry about an outstanding debt and hoped to "really piss him off" by raping his stepdaughter. He said he was not convinced Hillsley was beyond rehabilitation. The wife of the murdered man and the mother of the girl looked mortified as the sentence was read out. The Crown is considering an appeal. Daily Telegraph (5-7-2005) Nicolette Casella |
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