Paul Denyer’s jailhouse letter claims he has rehabilitated during his 30 years behind bars

Sadistic murderer Paul Denyer has written a letter revealing his plans to keep applying for parole, sparking fresh trauma for his victims’ loved ones who want him behind bars for life.

Paul Denyer’s brother David says ‘he should stay in prison and he should never be allowed to re-enter society’.

Friends of Paul Denyer’s victims have called on the state government to end their torment after the serial killer sent them a chilling letter pleading to be released from jail.

Sadistic serial killer Denyer vowed to pursue freedom and insisted he deserved a chance to rejoin society in the jailhouse letter, seen by the Herald Sun.

Denyer declares that he has ­rehabilitated during his 30 years in jail.

Despite last month being denied parole he writes: “I am not a danger to society”.

Paul Denyer has spent 30 years in prison.

And he promises if given a second chance “I will never go back to the Frankston, Langwarrin area”.

The letter was sent to Liberal Democrat MP David Limbrick, who is fighting to keep Denyer behind bars for the rest of his life.

Mr Limbrick was 17-year-old Natalie Russell’s boyfriend when she became one of Denyer’s three murder victims.

A new law to restrict any ­future parole applications by Denyer unless he was at risk of death is due to be debated in parliament this week.

It would apply identical conditions on Denyer that have already been imposed on Hoddle St killer Julian Knight and Russell St bomber Craig Minogue.

However, despite the government backing laws to keep Knight and Minogue behind bars, Daniel Andrews has ruled out supporting similar restrictions on Denyer.

Under current laws there is no limit to the number of times Denyer can apply for parole.

Each time he does, registered victims are notified and able to make submissions on his application.

Mr Limbrick said the emotional toll on the victims’ families was cruel.

“Denyer will never give up trying to get out and this letter proves that,” he said.

“If the government won’t support the Liberal Party’s Bill, they must detail their ­alternative. Doing nothing is not an option.”

David Limbrick and Karen want a new law to stop Denyer from making future parole applications. Picture: David Crosling

Karen, a former friend of Ms Russell, said: “Every time this comes up, we go through this trauma again. It has to stop.”

If the opposition can secure the support of at least seven crossbench MPs for the Bill to pass the upper house, the government would come under pressure to support it in the lower house.

Denyer was sentenced to three life sentences without parole in 1993 for the Frankston murders of Elizabeth Anne-Marie Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Ms Russell.

The sentencing judge, Frank Vincent, described ­Denyer’s “extraordinary savagery” as “almost beyond comprehension”.

“For many, you are the fear that quickens their steps as they walk alone,” he told him.

“In an important sense, you are not one of us.

“I have been told that you obtain immense gratification from the humiliation, mutilation and killing of other human beings.

“You do constitute such a danger, and at our present state of knowledge, apart from separating you from society, there is nothing that can be done about it.

“Perhaps there will come a day when you will be able to walk among the ordinary people of our community.

“Whether you will ever do so must await the passage of years and the decision of the executive government of the time.”

Denyer successfully challenged the sentence, securing a 30-year non-parole period on appeal.

Eleven prisoners are serving life terms without parole in Victorian prisons, including Hoddle St gunman Julian Knight and serial killers Bandali Debs and Peter Dupas.

Russell St bomber Stanley Taylor, sex killer Raymond Edmunds and Sarah Cafferkey’s murderer Steven Hunter are also on the small list of Victoria’s most notorious prisoners never to be released.

Denyer’s own family have argued against his parole, his brother David previously telling the Herald Sun he should never be released.

“He deserves everything he gets. He should stay in prison and he should never be ­allowed to re-enter society ever,” Mr Denyer said in 2011.

“I’m a firm believer that you pay for the things that you’ve done. He’s taken away three lives of three young women and he’s taken part of the lives away from all their relatives.

“For that he should have his life, his freedom, taken away. His freedom to be part of ­society should be taken away because he’s taken it away from somebody else.”

Shadow minister for corrections Brad Battin said Mr Andrews couldn’t ignore today’s revelations.

“Daniel Andrews must put politics aside and put the families of the victims of Paul Denyer first by ensuring he is never released from jail,” he said.

“The Liberals and Nationals stand ready for Parliament to work as one to ensure this man is not only never released, but denied the opportunity to continue to torture the families.

“The legislation to be debated by the Victorian Parliament this week will protect the rights of the families and ensure all women are safe in the knowledge Denyer will never get out.”