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| Australian Prison Worker Ends Relationship with Killer |
| By AAP |
| Published: 06/16/2003 |
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Karen Lamond, 49, met the man in 1992 when the then 15-year-old was jailed for life for the brutal 1991 murder of a high school student. She was a group worker at the Perth juvenile detention centre where he was originally sent. The killer, now 27, was convicted of fatally stabbing 16-year-old student Vicki Groves in front of classmates at a Perth school. The girl was stabbed 18 times with a hunting knife. Attorney-General Jim McGinty has taken a number of steps to stop the relationship between the man and Ms Lamond, including changing several prisons regulations. In December last year, he issued Ms Lamond with a written directive to end the relationship. But the group worker argued the edict was 'harsh and unfair' and, through the Civil Service Association (CSA), took the Attorney-General to the WA Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). The case began earlier this month but was adjourned just moments later. The union has now advised the IRC it will withdraw Ms Lamond's action to fight the government's directive. The move means Ms Lamond must adhere to the edict - meaning she is not allowed to visit or phone the killer, write to him, pass messages to him or maintain any sort of relationship. 'It's been a bizarre case,' Mr McGinty said recently. 'There was no way I was prepared to allow a highly inappropriate relationship to continue.' He said the Department of Justice would now conduct an assessment of Ms Lamond's 'suitability to work in the position that she's in.' CSA spokeswoman Toni Walkington, who has been speaking on behalf of Ms Lamond, was being sought for comment. |
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