After 25 years behind bars, Haydon cannot go outside alone.
A companion has been appointed to help him with shopping, and catching public transport – activities that have considerably changed since his imprisonment.
The Presiding Member of South Australia’s Parole Board Frances Nelson KC said Haydon “has had quite an extensive period in a low-security facility of re-socialisation.”
“And this, if you like, is the final step”.
“If we thought he was at high risk of re-offending, we would not have been able to release him on parole.”
The Victim’s Rights Commissioner told 9News “it is an apprehensive, and fearful time” for the families.
Haydon was 40 when he was arrested over his role in the nation’s worst serial killings.
And was convicted for assisting in 7 of the 11 so-called “bodies in the barrels murders”.
Haydon’s release was always inevitable after serving his full sentence which comes to an end next month on May 20.
