One of the people who killed Reena Virk in 1997 has been arrest again for allegedly breaching her parole conditions.
Kelly Ellard, who changed her name to Kerry Sim, was apprehended Tuesday at the South Surrey halfway house she'd been living in.
According to Global News, it was not made clear exactly which of her conditions she had been accused of breaching. Among those placed on her were prohibitions on consuming drugs or alcohol and contact with the Virk family, as well as a promise to follow a treatment plan and report all intimate relationships.
Whether or not she is still in custody has not been publicly revealed.
Ellard, 41, was first granted day parole in 2017 after serving just 12 years of her life sentence, during which time she had two children. A year earlier, a psychological assessment indicated a "moderate to high-moderate risk of future violence over the longer term."
She had her parole suspended a short time later for behavioural reasons, but it was reinstated in 2021 after she agreed to abide by a longer list of conditions. Since then, parole has been extended in increments of six months.
Virk was murdered in Saanich on November 14, 1997 following years of bullying. She was just 14 years old. Then-15-year-old Ellard and a group of teens — Nicole Cook, Nicole Patterson, Missy Grace Pleich, Courtney Keith, Gail Ooms, and Warren Glowatski — ambushed Virk near the Craigflower Bridge.
After being beaten, Virk walked away, but was attacked yet again by Ellard and Glowatski, who bashed her head into a tree and proceeded to throw her unconscious body into the Gorge Waterway. She drowned, and it was a week later that her body was finally discovered nearby.
All eight teens were arrested and subsequently charged, with the two who dealt the final blow receiving the longest sentences.
