Kristi Abrahams, Matthew Milat: When NSW’s worst criminals will be eligible for parole

Murderers, terrorists and rapists- they are responsible for some of NSW’s most shocking crimes. See when they could be back on the streets.

From a murderer related to Ivan Milat who killed his childhood friend in coldblood, to Australia’s first convicted terrorist – this is when some of NSW’s most shocking criminals will be eligible for parole.

Some could be freed this year, while others will remain behind bars for decades before their release.

Here are some of NSW’s most shocking criminals, and the dates of when they are eligible for parole.

William Matheson - eligible for parole

Stalker and killer William Matheson.

William Matheson is currently serving 25 years in prison for the murder of Lyndsay van Blanken, a gifted animator with a promising career at Disney, in November 2003.

He was 23-years old when he met his victim, going on long walks together before she met someone else. On an evening in November 2003, Matheson waited for Ms van Blanken outside a Bondi Junction pub and walked with her toward Queens Park.

She was never seen alive again.

Six weeks later the bag containing Ms van Blanken’s body was found in a storage room under a Queens Park apartment block with the court finding that Matheson had tightened zip ties around Ms van Blanken’s throat, strangling her to death.

In March this year, the State Parole Authority (SPA) was required to consider paroling Matheson ahead of his earliest possible release date in May.

That would mean the killer would be allowed to live in the community, albeit under the strictest of conditions, for the final seven years of his sentence.

But the SPA, acting on the advice of its own experts decided parole wasn’t in the best interests of community safety.

Matheson has been in custody since his arrest in 2004. He was eligible for parole 18 May 2022 and was considered by the State Parole Authority which formed an intention to refuse parole. He can seek a review of the decision but failing a review the refusal of parole will be confirmed.

He can reapply for parole every 12 months before he sentence expires in 2029.

Kristi Abrahams - eligible for parole April 2027

Kristi Anne Abrahams (left).

Kristi Anne Abrahams, who killed her defenceless daughter Kiesha in 2010, lived a troubled life “beyond most people’s understanding” the court heard.

The six-year-old child was murdered inside her western Sydney home, with a dental expert telling the NSW Supreme Court in 2013 there had been blows to the child’s jaw.

Kiesha’s remains were set alight and buried in a shallow grave, with Abrahams not reporting her child missing to police for almost a fortnight.

Abrahams was described by Justice Ian Harrison as “an inevitable product of entrenched intergenerational failures.”

She was sentenced to 21 years and six months jail for murder and interfering with a corpse in 2013, with a non parole period of 16 years.

She will be eligible for parole in April 2027, with her total sentence expiring in October 2033.

Michele Kathleen Moore and Brendan James Price - eligible for parole November 2027 and November 2024

A Coffs Harbour killer couple jailed for a brutal murder following a trivial drug dispute could be released on parole in coming years.

Michele Kathleen Moore, 51, and Brendan James Price, 44, were found guilty of murdering Dennis Burns, 50, outside his Coffs Harbour home in 2012.

A dispute over the price of drugs saw an argument led to a violent confrontation where Mr Burns was killed after being struck by a hammer.

Michele Moore was sentenced to a 22-year prison term with a non-parole period of 15 years while Brendan Price was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Moore will be eligible for parole in November 2027 and Price will be eligible for parole in November 2024.

Keli Lane - eligible for parole May 2024

Keli Lane in 1996.

An aspiring sports star convicted of killer her daughter could be released on parole in coming years.

Keli Lane was found guilty of her daughter’s murder in 2010 and sentenced to 18 years in prison, with her attempts since to appeal the conviction failing.

She managed to hide the birth of three babies from all those around her — and while two of them were put up for adoption, the second child, a little girl called Tegan, hasn’t been seen since Lane left hospital two days after her birth.

Lane has continually denied charges that she murdered her two-day-old daughter in 1996.

Lane will be eligible for parole in May 2024.

Shannon Curreen - eligible for parole May 2028

A man who went on a sexual assault rampage in Sydney’s east and inner-west could be paroled in coming years.

Shannon Curreen was handed down a non-parole sentence of 18 years and 9 months for eight offences between February and August 2009.

The New Zealand native, whose victims range in age from 16 to 39, first attacked a woman in as she walked home through a golf course in Sydney’s east.

His further attacks, where he either raped or attempted to rape women, occurred across Sydney.

Curreen will be eligible for parole in May 2028.

If granted parole, he would be deported under current Commonwealth legislation as he is a New Zealand resident.

Matthew Milat and Cohen Klein - eligible for parole November 2040 and November 2030

Matthew Milat. Picture: Tracey Nearmy

Cohen Klein. Picture: Tracey Nearmy

The teenage relative of serial killer Ivan Milat was ordered to spend the next 30 years of his life behind bars for the “cold-blooded killing” of his childhood friend David Auchterlonie.

Matthew Milat and Cohen Klein were each jailed for “deliberate and premeditated” crime was done for personal enjoyment and that David Auchterlonie’s final ten minutes alive were filled with “horror” and “unimaginable torment”.

Milat and Klein murdered David using a double bladed axe in the Belanglo State Forest in November 2010 – the same bushland Ivan Milat slaughtered seven backpackers in the 1990s.

Milat was sentenced to a maximum of 43 years jail, Klein to a total of 32 years.