Snowtown murderer granted parole after decades in jail for South Australia’s ‘bodies in the barrels’ serial killings

James Vlassakis, the youngest of four men convicted over the serial killings, was found guilty of being involved in four of 11 murders between 1992 and 1999

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The youngest of the four men convicted over South Australia’s “bodies in the barrels” serial killings has been granted parole.

James Vlassakis has spent 26 years behind bars after being found guilty of being involved in four of the 11 murders between 1992 and 1999.