![]() ![]() Rebecca's family have slammed the Attorney General's ruling to let Duggan out of prison. Rebecca Ryle, 19, moved from Hardy Mill Road, Harwood, to Perth in November 2003, to start a new life (Image: Family handout) As part of his parole Duggan must have no direct or indirect contact with Rebecca's family, be deported back to the UK from Australia, and to comply with any and all directions and restrictions now or in the future, made, issued or imposed by the Federal Government or Government of Western Australia. The new case included a psychological report, dated June 23 2021, where a senior forensic psychologist said Duggan had "engaged in a considerable amount of treatment" and identified him as having a "moderate risk of violent reoffending".Ī report from the community corrections officer dated July 19, 2021, said Duggan "imparted remorse and regret towards the offence as well as acknowledging the victim".ĭuggan was released from prison on March 11, 2022, almost 18 years after he strangled Rebecca to death. The board reviewed Duggan's case again in September 2021 and the Attorney General recommended his release from prison, along with two years on parole. He said: "Given the serious nature of the offence, Mr Duggan’s poor prison behaviour, uncertainty around the level of professional support that he would receive in England, lack of acknowledgement of wrong doing and apparent lack of remorse, I am not convinced Mr Duggan’s release to parole is appropriate at this time." Duggan never fully explained why he killed her.Ī parole board in Australia reviewed Duggan's case on Novemand the Attorney General decided not to release him due to his behaviour in prison, a return to substance abuse and offending. Justice Jenkins said the murder was every parent's worst nightmare, adding Rebecca had died "alone and degraded". READ MORE: Faces of 19 people jailed in Liverpool this week During the court case, Western Australian Supreme Court, Justice Lindy Jenkins described the crime as "bizarre" when she jailed him for a minimum of 11 years and six months. Duggan, who emigrated to Australia from Liverpool, offered to walk Rebecca home on May 5, 2004, and then strangled her for more than three minutes in a park just metres away from her home.ĭuggan, now in his 30s, left his victim's half-naked body in a field which was found by police a few hours later. ![]() ![]() James Duggan was convicted in 2006 of murdering Rebecca Ryle after meeting her at a pub in Perth, Australia when he was a teenager. A man jailed for the "bizarre" murder of a 19-year-old woman he met while on a night out is being deported back to the UK. ![]()
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