The families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — teenagers who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo in the 1990s — pleaded with the parole board this morning to keep Bernardo locked away.

Paul Bernardo, serving a life sentence for the murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, faced a parole hearing on Tuesday. The Parole Board of Canada is reviewing his case again, despite previous denials of parole in 2018 and 2021,

The Parole Board of Canada is being asked again to consider whether Paul Bernardo — the serial rapist and murderer behind some of the most shocking and grisly killings in modern Canadian history — should be released.