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Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, has had her day parole revoked after she breached release conditions.
According to a decision issued last month and shared with Postmedia News this week, the Parole Board of Canada cited Sim’s refusal to participate in drug tests, her eventual positive test result after using drugs belonging to another prisoner and unco-operative behaviour as being factors in her parole being revoked.
“Despite the time you have had for self-reflection since returning to custody, the Board finds you continue to engage in behaviours and thinking that contributed to your suspension and are related to your risk to reoffend.
“Consequently, the Board concludes that you will, by reoffending before the expiration of your sentence, present an undue risk to society. Therefore, the Board revokes your day parole.”
In 1997, Victoria teen Reena Virk was lured to a party where she was swarmed and violently assaulted. Sim, then 15 years old, was among those who beat Virk and later drowned her.
In 2005, Sim began serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. She was granted day parole in 2017 and released to a community facility in 2018.
At the start of 2020, she was granted extended leave privileges along with a number of conditions such as not to consume alcohol or drugs, avoid contact with certain individuals and to follow a treatment plan.
In 2021, her extended leave privileges were suspended following a domestic violence incident with her then-partner and father of her two kids, and she was ordered to follow a new psych treatment plan and to report any relationships.
In late 2024, concerns were raised about Sim’s “negative attitude” and behaviour described as “antagonizing, threatening and insulting.” She also refused drug tests and when eventual drug tests returned positive, she claimed it was due to prescription medication that caused a false positive.
Earlier this year, Sim was arrested following a positive drug test but initially resisted arrest, refused to leave her room and was argumentative.
“While in police custody, you were noted to be unco-operative (screaming and kicking),” the decision read. “While in provincial custody, your behaviour remains problematic.”
In a parole decision released this week, the Parole Board of Canada revoked Sim’s parole, citing positive drug tests and refusals to undergo drug-testing as breaches of her parole conditions. The PBC also noted Sim’s attitude when interacting with facility staff or parole supervisors as being a determining factor in her parole revocation.