Matthew Kelly, convicted in 2016 for paying a woman to send videos of herself sexually abusing an infant, will be released from prison despite a psychological assessment rating his risk of reoffending as ‘above average.’
Kelly was sentenced to five years in prison after police, alerted by his Facebook messages, raided his Christchurch residence, confiscating computers and cellphones containing graphic images and messages. The devices revealed he had sent a woman images of children and infants, describing the sexual acts he wanted to perform.
According to a report in legacy media, in 2014, he paid a 24-year-old Auckland woman $300 after she provided photos and a video of herself abusing a one-year-old child. Kelly also possessed images of young girls in sexual poses and media involving children in sexual acts with adults. Investigators found roughly 70 images of Kelly in only a diaper and additional material showing children and animals involved in explicit acts.
After pleading guilty to 16 charges, including one of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and multiple counts of producing and possessing objectionable content, he was further sentenced in 2019 to another seven and a half years for rape, attempted sexual violation, and indecent assault involving two young victims, aged 13 and 14.
Kelly received a total of 12 and a half years in prison for the combined charges, meaning he wouldn’t be eligible for release until 2028 without parole. He first qualified for parole in 2018 but has since been denied early release on four separate occasions.
Despite the severity of his offenses and a psychological report citing an ‘above average’ risk of reoffending, Kelly convinced the parole board that he had worked on his triggers, aggression, and emotional regulation. He claimed to have learned about his high-risk behaviours and expressed a commitment to abide by release conditions. The board noted that Kelly had completed the required rehabilitation programs and had secured accommodation upon release.
‘Mr. Kelly was able to speak to his high-risk situations and understands he still has a long time to go on his sentence,’ the board said. He would be subject to recall if his reintegration failed.
Upon release, Kelly is bound to strict conditions, including electronic monitoring, a nightly curfew from 10pm to 6 am, and restrictions on accessing the internet or visiting areas frequented by children. He must also attend rehabilitation programs and undergo psychological assessments. Any breach of these conditions could result in his immediate return to prison.
should be locked in psychiatric ward. For ever
Five years, that’s no deterrent, make it a 155 years and not only should it be a deterrent to others but it will see scum like this are long dead before they should ever be eligible for parole.
Okay well thanks anyway for trying, government.
We’ll take it from here ☠️
Castrate him 😡
It doesn’t matter how many interventions a paedophile undertakes, these degenerates are incurable. Psychologists know it. Castration doesn’t work. Lobotomy might, but for some reason this is frowned upon because ‘human rights’. So out they go onto the streets again.
Did the woman who sent him photographs go to jail? Because she is just as bad.
We need to implement the El Salvadore Option.