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Baby killer Keli Lane will remain behind bars after she failed to reveal the location of her daughter Tegan’s murdered body.
The New South Wales State Parole Authority (SPA) met on Friday and concluded it could not order Lane’s release due to the state’s “no body” laws , no parole.”
Lane, 48, was jailed for at least 13 years and five months in 2010 after a jury found her guilty of murdering two-day-old Tegan in September 1996.
She always maintained that she gave Tegan to the infant’s father, a man named Andrew Norris or Morris, shortly after giving birth at Sydney’s Auburn Hospital.
Baby killer Keli Lane will remain behind bars after she failed to reveal the location of her daughter Tegan’s murdered body.
Lane’s prospects of release were determined solely by reference to the “no body, no parole” provisions of section 135A of the Crimes (Administration of Sentencing) Act 1999.
“The authority concluded that the report provided by NSW Police made it clear that there had been no co-operation shown by the perpetrator regarding Tegan’s whereabouts since her verdict and her penalty,” noted the SPA.
“The authority also noted that to the extent that the offender had provided information prior to her trial, at least some of that information was ultimately used by the Crown at trial as evidence of the offender’s lies.
“The authority has concluded that it should not make a parole order directing the release of the offender.”
Extensive police investigations failed to locate Tegan or the man Lane named as her father, with whom the former water polo champion said she had a brief relationship.
The body of the two-day-old baby was never found.
The NSW Parole Authority heard submissions from Lane’s legal representatives at a closed hearing on Friday.
Lane was put back behind bars after allegedly violating her parole conditions last month. She is pictured while working in the community
Lane was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in prison and is eligible for parole from May 12.
She served time in some of the state’s toughest prisons, including Silverwater, Dillwynia and Clarence Correctional Center.
Lane’s application for release was a test of “no body, no parole” laws that came into force in NSW in October 2022, more than a decade after his conviction.
Under these laws, introduced in response to the murder of Sydney mother Lynette Dawson, the parole board is required to consider a report from the police commissioner on the offender’s co-operation in finding the location of the body of a victim.
Police were unable to locate Lane’s daughter, Tegan, or the man she named as her father, with whom the former water polo champion said she had a brief relationship.
The authority can only grant conditional release if it is satisfied that the offender has provided satisfactory assistance.
Lane was put back behind bars after allegedly violating her parole conditions last month.
She was returned to Silverwater after being investigated over allegations of inappropriate behavior on an external construction site.
Lane had been working in the community on day release in recent months, but was caught using a cell phone.
His full 18-year sentence will expire on December 12, 2028.