Derik Lord, who was convicted of killing two women for their inheritance money when he was a high school student, has again been denied parole.
Lord was fighting an April 16, 2013, decision by the Parole Board of Canada to deny unescorted temporary absences or day and full parole.
The parole board’s appeal division has upheld that decision.
In 1990, Lord was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sharon Huenemann and Doris Leatherbarrow.
Lord and David Muir, both 17 at the time, killed the women after their Mount Douglas Secondary school classmate, Darren Huenemann, promised them part of a $4-million inheritance from his mother and grandmother.
Huenemann, then 18, sent Lord and Muir to Leatherbarrow’s home in Tsawwassen, where they slit the women’s throats.
All three were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
A psychological assessment conducted in February 2013 determined Lord, now 40, poses a moderate risk to reoffend violently and that his rehabilitation is hampered by his refusal to accept responsibility for the killings.
Lord has applied for parole every two years since he became eligible in 2002 and has consistently been denied.
Muir has been on full parole since 2003. He is the only one of the three to admit his role in the killings.
Huenemann, who tried unsuccessfully to escape from prison in 1995, remains behind bars.
