Kelly Ellard getting 4th Trial because of technicality & thinks her sentence is too long. Too bad I say!?

Question

Do you think she derserves freedom? Do you think there is something "fishy" about this appeal?

Answer 1

Kelly Ellard did not punch out the New West woman. This woman appeared at Kelly's sentencing hearing and as much as said that Kelly did not lay a hand on her. These assault charges were subsequently dropped because there were no grounds for a successful prosecution when the witness said that it didn't happen. Unfortunate that members of the public somehow do not realize that these charges were dropped.

I believe that Kelly deserves a 4th trial. Unfortunately wrongful convictions can and do happen in this country. Kelly has maintained since day one that although she participated in the initial beating of Reena, she did not cross the bridge and did not kill Reena.

Because she could possibly have been released on parole in as little time as 5 years following her first conviction, what did she have to gain by appealing this conviction unless she was actually innocent of the murder?

In fact she has gained nothing but more trauma, and more time in jail before she becomes eligible for parole. By maintaining her innocence, in the face of her conviction she has sealed the deal on ever getting out of jail unless she is actually found to be innocent at trial.

What reason would she have for going through this hell unless she really was innocent?

Meanwhile, while Kelly has been doing maximum time, Warren Glowatski has been serving time in a minimum security prison, and over the last year, obtaining day passes to attend Simon Fraser University, hanging out in a criminology class, and the university pub. Recently, he was able to obtain a number of unescorted day passes from the Parole Board.

I wonder if it is possible that just as Reena was targeted, and killed, if Kelly has been made the scapegoat for punishment that should also have been meted out equally to the rest of the vermin that participated in this tragedy. None of the individuals involved assisted Reena in any way and as far as I am concerned, inasmuch of none of them assisted in coming to Reena's aid, they all participated in her death.

I think Kelly has been publically lynched by the media, and she won't ever have a chance of obtaining a fair trial with the amount of collusion that has gone on in this story.

It is a sad story and I hope that something good can be salvaged of Kelly's life and that she is able to contribute in a positive way to this world because, unfortunately, Reena won't be coming back.

Answer 2

I had never heard of Kelly Ellard so I did a search. Given the viciousness of the attack on Reena Virk I'd say a life sentence is too short. I didn't find anything about her getting a 4th trial. It would fit right in to Reader's Digest's "That's Outrageous!" In 2004, while waiting for her second trial, she was charged with assault causing bodily harm to a 58 year old woman. 'Police said Ellard and another young woman were drinking in a park when they invited an older woman to join them. When they couldn't find their cellphone, they accused the older woman of stealing it. Police said the 58-year-old was "punched in the face quite viciously" until she broke free and called 911.'

No! She doesn't deserve freedom. She deserves life without possibility of parole. She's proven that she's still violent as an adult. And she bragged to friends about what she did in 1997. Lock her up and throw away the key!

Answer 3

Very fishy!

Answer 4

she should rot in jail for what she did.