Paedophiles and triple murderers have been released from Australian prisons creating public outcry

Some of Australia's worst criminals have walked free from prison in recent months, sparking pleas within the community to toughen laws and keep the worst offenders behind bars indefinitely. Similarly, last week triple murderer Berwyn Rees walked free from Silverwater jail in Sydney's west, despite police protesting he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. Constable Pietruszka survies and Rees and is arrested April 13, 1981: Justice Colin Begg sentences Rees, 31, to three life terms for the murders of Mr James, Mr Greenfield and Sergeant Haydon and 10 years for the malicious wounding of Constable Pietruszka September 28, 2018: The NSW State Parole Authority forms an intention to grant Rees parole at a private hearing February 8, 2019: The NSW State Parole Authority adjourns a public hearing to determine whether Rees, now 69, should be released February 21, 2019: The SPA announces Rees will be released When confronted by Sergeant Keith Haydon, Rees shot him three times in the body with.38 Smith & Wesson revolver he had stolen from the Bondi Junction store. Mrs Haydon attended Rees's parole hearing in Parramatta on February 8 with the couple's children Kathy and Peter Michael Guider: Paedophile and Child Killer Michael Guider was in prison serving a sentence in relation to more than 60 charges of child sex offences against 11 children when he was charged with killing Sydney schoolgirl Samantha Knight. 2019, January - Fardon has been released into the community and is now free to live wherever he chooses, and is also not subject to electronic monitoring, curfews or mandatory counselling Source: AAP John Holschier: Wife Murderer and Baby Basher John Raymond Holschier's supervision order was revoked in 2019, five years after he was released from prison in 2014 having served a sentence for the death of his wife.