Notorious killer and rapist Paul Bernardo is shown as he appears via video feed during a Parole Board of Canada hearing, in a sketch made Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.Photo by Alexandra Newbould/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Paul Bernardo 'an endless threat': Sadistic killer denied parole or any form of release

Denied parole twice previously, serial rapist and murderer made a third plea for release to the Parole Board of Canada

· National Post

The mother of one of three Ontario schoolgirls who Paul Bernardo captured, raped, and murdered in the 1990s told the Parole Board of Canada — and Bernardo himself, who sat placidly as she spoke inside his medium-security prison — that the serial killer remains “an endless threat” who must never walk free.

“I remain hopeful that you understand the sadistic, manipulative, and psychopathic nature of Bernardo’s behaviour and the endless threat he represents to public safety,” said Debbie Mahaffy, whose 14-year-old daughter Leslie Mahaffy was snatched off the street 33 years ago and met a horror show end.