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Perth Now
27-05-2025
- Perth Now
‘Evil': Child killer's fresh parole bid
Child killer Dante Arthurs has made a third unsuccessful bid to be released on parole, with authorities finding he poses an unacceptable risk to the community. Arthurs was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007 for the 'shocking and evil' rape and murder of eight-year old schoolgirl Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu. Sofia went to the Livingston Marketplace in Canning Vale, in Perth's southeast, with her family in June 2006 when Arthurs followed her to the toilet. Schoolgirl Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu was murdered by Dante Arthurs inside a toilet cubicle at a shopping centre in Perth. Credit: News Limited Arthurs, then aged 21 and working at the markets, grabbed Sofia and locked her in the disabled toilet. Only 10 minutes later, the young schoolgirl was dead. Her brother discovered her body in the toilet cubicle as Arthurs fled the scene. He pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 13 years – a sentence that was strongly condemned by the public and led to law changes in Western Australia. The non-parole period for murder was increased to carry a penalty of life imprisonment, and a distinction between murder and wilful murder was removed to only consider the charge of murder. Never to be released sentences became available to all murders. The Prisoners Review Board was required to consider Arthurs' release from prison last Friday but refused his parole. Attorney-General Tony Buti said Arthurs would remain in prison. Arthurs poses an acceptable risk to the community, Attorney-General Tony Buti says. Andy Tyndall Credit: News Limited 'It is clear to me after reading the report, the release of Mr Arthurs into the community posed an unacceptable risk,' he said. 'This was a shocking and evil crime that shook all Western Australians to the core and still does today. 'It is impossible to comprehend the pain and suffering Sofia's family has endured and are forced to live with every day and my thoughts are with them. 'I want to assure Western Australians that when making these decisions the concerns of the community are at the forefront of my considerations.' WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch previously told media that Arthurs should remain behind bars. 'I think people know me well enough to know what I think Dante Arthurs should be doing for the rest of his life,' he said.
West Australian
27-05-2025
- West Australian
‘Evil': Prisoners Review Board refuse parole for child killer Dante Arthurs
Child killer Dante Arthurs has made a third unsuccessful bid to be released on parole, with authorities finding he poses an unacceptable risk to the community. Arthurs was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007 for the 'shocking and evil' rape and murder of eight-year old schoolgirl Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu. Sofia went to the Livingston Marketplace in Canning Vale, in Perth's southeast, with her family in June 2006 when Arthurs followed her to the toilet. Arthurs, then aged 21 and working at the markets, grabbed Sofia and locked her in the disabled toilet. Only 10 minutes later, the young schoolgirl was dead. Her brother discovered her body in the toilet cubicle as Arthurs fled the scene. He pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 13 years – a sentence that was strongly condemned by the public and led to law changes in Western Australia. The non-parole period for murder was increased to carry a penalty of life imprisonment, and a distinction between murder and wilful murder was removed to only consider the charge of murder. Never to be released sentences became available to all murders. The Prisoners Review Board was required to consider Arthurs' release from prison last Friday but refused his parole. Attorney-General Tony Buti said Arthurs would remain in prison. 'It is clear to me after reading the report, the release of Mr Arthurs into the community posed an unacceptable risk,' he said. 'This was a shocking and evil crime that shook all Western Australians to the core and still does today. 'It is impossible to comprehend the pain and suffering Sofia's family has endured and are forced to live with every day and my thoughts are with them. 'I want to assure Western Australians that when making these decisions the concerns of the community are at the forefront of my considerations.' WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch previously told media that Arthurs should remain behind bars. 'I think people know me well enough to know what I think Dante Arthurs should be doing for the rest of his life,' he said.
Sydney Morning Herald
26-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Perth child killer's parole bid denied again
Latest posts Latest posts 9.34am Perth child killer's parole bid denied again Child killer Dante Arthurs has been refused parole for a third time. The then-21-year-old deli worker raped and murdered Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu, 8, inside the bathrooms at Canning Vale's Livingston Marketplace Shopping Centre in June 2006 after she briefly left her male family members to go to the toilet. Arthurs was jailed for a minimum of 13 years, under homicide laws which have since been overhauled to allow offenders like him to be jailed for life. Despite the lesser jail term, which outraged the community, Arthurs release must be approved by the Attorney General of the day, with Tony Buti denying the murderer's latest bid for freedom after reviewing a report from the Prisoners Review Board which labelled him an unacceptable risk to the community. The Board said Arthurs, 40, would be eligible for parole again in May 2028. 9.20am Across the country and around the world Here's what's making news across the country and around the world today: Renters in a handful of suburbs will find it's cheaper to pay off a mortgage now that rents have soared and interest rates are falling. An Australian man is accused of accepting a 1.7 kilogram haul of cocaine in Bali for a promised reward of just $4700, an alleged drug deal that could potentially put him at risk of the death penalty if convicted. A car has ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, and police arrested a 53-year-old British man shortly afterwards. They were just play fighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron's explanation for video images that showed show his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane to start a tour of South-East Asia.
Belfast Telegraph
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
I'll help Bangor fire against the big boys in Premiership, vows determined forward
Bangor hero Ben Arthurs is relishing going toe-to-toe with the Premiership's top players next season. The feeling may not be mutual because if Arthurs performs as he did in the Seasiders' Championship-winning 2024-25 campaign, defenders are in trouble.
