Reena Virk’s murderer denied day parole

The B.C. woman who murdered 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge, in 1997, nearly 20 years ago, had her request for day parole denied.

In her first bid for freedom since 2009, Kelly Ellard, now 33, was seeking day parole. She was 15 years old when she and several other teens swarmed and beat Virk.

Then Ellard and a boy followed her across a bridge and brutally beat her, holding her underwater until she drowned.

That boy, Warren Glowatski, was also convicted of second-degree murder and granted full parole in 2010.

Virk’s grandfather Mukand Pallan says the family no longer believes Ellard can redeem herself and doesn’t believe the woman deserves parole.

“I’m very glad to hear that verdict and she doesn’t deserve a parole yet,” Pallan told Global News. 

He said he feels better that Ellard finally admitted her responsibility in Virk’s death today in court.

If Ellard had been released, she would have lived in a halfway house under several conditions.

-With files from The Canadian Press