NSW triple-killer Reginald Arthurell could soon taste freedom after serving more than two decades in jail.
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Arthurell has served 23 years of a 24-year sentence, set to expire in May, for the murder of Venet Mulhall.
The 75-year-old's parole hearing is due to begin at the Sydney West Trial Courts in Parramatta at 9.30am on Thursday, having previously been stood over at the request of Community Corrections.
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman last month said he had sought legal advice on applying for a continuing detention order to keep Arthurell behind bars.
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"The prospects are unfortunately zero," he told Sydney radio 2GB in September.
"I cannot ethically bring an application that's doomed to fail.
"We can apply for an extended supervision order which may involve electronic monitoring, restrictions on movement, monitoring telephones and the like. Closer to the time of any release I'll be looking very seriously at that."
Ms Mulhall's brother Paul Quinn has previously slammed Arthurell's potential release as "legal insanity", and raised fears he could kill again.
"He's a danger to the community," Mr Quinn said earlier this year.
"He's a psychopath."
Ms Mulhall was bludgeoned to death with a piece of wood inside her Coonabarabran home in central NSW in 1995.
Arthurell was also jailed for the manslaughter of naval officer Ross Browning in the Northern Territory in November 1981 and his stepfather Thomas Thornton in Sydney in May 1974.
Mr Quinn said he had fears for community safety given his sister was murdered by Arthurell while he was on parole for fatally stabbing his stepfather.
Ms Mulhall helped Arthurell secure parole after he was released into her care.
Australian Associated Press
