Day parole reinstated for convicted B.C. killer and rapist | Globalnews.ca

Kelly James Toop is serving a life sentence for the 1980 first -degree murder of Suzanne Seto , a 29-year-old real estate worker.

Toop broke into her Duncan hotel room, sexually assaulted her for hours , then hit her in the head with a tire iron and left her for dead.

He was granted day parole in June after officials reported “measurable and observable behavioural changes” He was accused of following and photographing a woman and making inappropriate sexual comments to classmates.

His case managers subsequently found pornography websites open on his phone, a violation of his release conditions.

Parole board appears to have accepted his explanations for the incidents.

He also said if released, he would seek out a flip phone to “avoid ambiguity” about its use. The parole board ultimately concluded that there were enough controls in place if he were to be released back to a halfway house to “ensure that any deterioration” of his behaviour was caught quickly, and his release conditions were modified to include a requirement he not purge any data from his phone. Toop ’s other release conditions include no contact with victims, not to drink or consume drugs, not to access pornography and to report all relationships to his parole supervisor..