Paedophile Who Raped & Murdered 7YO Schoolboy Could Be Back On The Streets Within Months

[Sugar Cookie]

One of Australia's most notorious child killers could be released from prison in a matter of months after applying for parole.

Kevin Riley, now 59, and his brother Jim were convicted of the horrific rape and murder of seven-year-old Shaun Phillips in 1988 - a case which remains one of South Australia's most infamous crimes.

The child killer is now appealing to be let out of jail after 32 years, but Shaun's father, Gary Phillips, has called for the paedophile to be left to 'rot in prison'.

Crown prosecutor Ann Vanstone told the Supreme Court at the time of the trial that Kevin's brother Jim said the chilling words 'I'm going out to get a boy' before snatching little Shaun.

After Jim abducted Shaun he then took the child to Kevin's flat several hundred miles away.

Riley, who was 27 at the time, watched his brother, 28, sexual assault Shaun, strangle him, smash his head with a tomahawk and hold his head under water.

When police asked Riley if he also had sex with Shaun, he said 'yes', but that the little boy was already dead.

Mr Phillips said that despite their intellectually handicap, both brothers knew exactly what they were doing - and even cleaned up the flat before dumping Shaun's body in a neighbour's driveway.

After being sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 23 years, Kevin first applied for release in 2003.

The request was promptly denied and parole board chairwoman Frances Nelson QC, said he 'represents a risk to the community in that the likelihood of him re-offending is high'.

He has remained in Port Lincoln Prison for the past 15 years after originally being held with his brother at Mt Gambier Prison.

Jim is still locked up in Mt Gambier Prison after being sentenced to life with a non-parole period of 28 years.

But even behind bars controversy has followed the notorious killer.

In 2006, Riley was pictured at Port Lincoln Prison with a number of inmates dressed in drag for a party.

The incident became known as the 'jailhouse rock' fiasco and angered many victims of crime.

To be released on parole after being sentenced to life in prison, 'lifers' must be interviewed by the parole board in person.

Vile paedophile and notorious child killer applies for parole

One of Australia's most notorious child killers, Kevin Riley, (pictured right) who raped and murdered Shaun Phillips, (pictured left) could be released from prison applying for parole.

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Kevin Riley with an inmate in drag at an infamous prison party

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

Ugh God, they are so depraved and sickening.
He's having fun in prison? That's just obscene.
Of course, they shouldn't be on earth, let alone paroled.
Blech.

 

[caitierig]

Oh yeah, let him out. He looks like he’s having a hard time surviving in there...depraved fat bastard. Keep him in and make him spend his natural life in solitary away from the drag parties and available anuses (anii?)

 

[Sejanus]

Time to GoFundMe for a hitman to deal with him upon release.
Beast sicko degenerate.

 

[JackBurton]

Since when is it some shocking thing that some prison inmates act like women and gross sexual stuff occurs? Not sure i get the cause for outrage about a "drag party". Amazing something like that shocks the public consciousness, yet nobody in that country does a damn thing to create harsher sentences for crimes like this. Rape and murder a kid, ehhhh you can have a chance at parole in 20 years. Dress like a girl in prison...OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! BURN EM AT THE STAKE!!!!!

Trash culture down there.

Ugh God, they are so depraved and sickening.

The Australian govt? I agree. To even offer parole chance at all from the getgo for scum like this shows how little they care about crime, crime victims, or child rape in general.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

The Australian govt? I agree. To even offer parole chance at all from the getgo for scum like this shows how little they care about crime, crime victims, or child rape in general.

Oh, I don't really care if prisoners want dress up in a skirt and a blouse, or as a giant orange mouse. I just resent them having any fun.
The crimes of the Riley brothers are repugnant, as is Australia's criminal justice system.
The original sentencing judge should have ordered that they "were never to be released".

 

[JackBurton]

Oh, I don't really care if prisoners want dress up in a skirt and a blouse, or as a giant orange mouse. I just resent them having any fun.
The crimes of the Riley brothers are repugnant, as is Australia's criminal justice system.
The original sentencing judge should have ordered that they "were never to be released".

America gives its prisoners tv, often with cable (Joseph Duncan reportedly is a fan of Breaking Bad for ex).

Disgusting.

 

[caitierig]

They should at least make prison as restrictive as military boot camp.

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

Prison should be a horrid, out-in-the-sun forced manual labor, meager food rations of gruel, scratchy toilet paper, ill-fitting clothes, no entertainment, dark and dank, overrun with rats, sleep on the floor, no commissary, no visitors kind of wretched place where NO one wants to go to.
Like a gulag. In the middle of an empty harsh landscape where there are no people for a thousand miles, but filled with hungry wolves and -13 degree conditions. A place where your behavior is "corrected", and you exist in terror.
Sounds inhumane and barbaric? Then don't do things that will cause you to go there. It's really simple.
Children should hear scary stories about it all their lives.

But I'm old fashioned. And have never had a loved one or friend go to jail or prison.
Knock on wood.

 

[Inferus]

Guess who'll be waiting to pick him up, likely with a tomahawk of his own?

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

Is anyone else picturing a bunch of hardened criminals sitting around watching RuPaul’s Drag Race arguing about who the best lip syncher is and reenacting the episodes? Just me? Ok.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Hopefully these two will never be released from prison.

Kevin and Jim Riley are brothers from South Australia who were convicted for the 1988 murder of seven-year-old Shaun Phillips. The case is notable for the horrific nature of the crime and the brothers' diminished mental capacity.


The Crime and Sentencing

• Incident: In March 1988, Jim Riley abducted Shaun Phillips from outside his home in Cowandilla. The boy was taken to a flat where he was sexually assaulted, tortured, and eventually murdered by Jim Riley while Kevin Riley watched and failed to intervene.
  
  
• Sentencing: In 1989, Jim Riley (then 27) pleaded guilty to murder, while Kevin Riley (then 26) was convicted of murder for aiding and abetting his brother.
• • Jim Riley: Sentenced to life with a 28-year non-parole period.
  • Kevin Riley: Sentenced to life with a 24-year non-parole period.

Intellectual Disability
A central aspect of the case was the brothers' intellectual disabilities. At the time of sentencing, Jim had a tested mental age of approximately eight years, and Kevin had a mental age of approximately seven years. Before the murder, both had been released from the Minda institution for the mentally disabled into community housing as part of a South Australian government policy.


Current Status

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• Parole Rejections: Although their minimum jail terms have long since expired, the South Australian Parole Board has repeatedly rejected applications for release, particularly for Kevin Riley.
  
  
• Risk Assessment: As of the last major updates, the board deemed Kevin Riley an unacceptable risk to the community, with officials noting he remained attracted to young boys and showed a poor prognosis for rehabilitation.
  
  
• Gary Phillips: Shaun’s father, Gary Phillips, spent decades campaigning to ensure the brothers remained in prison until his death in 2021.