For months, authorities did not respond as a transgender serial killer was allowed to share a home with two children.
Now they’ve moved to separate the convict from the kids, and Kate Washington, the minister for families and communities where the situation developed, admitted it “should never have happened” and it was “entirely unacceptable.”
Not the Bee, reporting on the case involving Reginald Arthurell, 79, now calling himself Regina Arthurell, felt compelled to explain it was “NOT SATIRE.”
GB News explained the New South Wales government in Australia knew starting in December that Arthurell had moved into a home where also lived a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old.
“I’m deeply apologetic for what has happened,” said Washington.
Arthurell had been invited to stay at the home by an elderly woman he met at a hospital.
The woman’s daughter eventually notified police.
Vulnerable foster children placed with transgender serial killer in Australia
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Washington said, “The department was made aware of the situation in late December, and some very poor decisions were made at that time.”
She said a “review” was under way. “Who knew what, when? And who made what decisions, when?”
The report said Arthurell was convicted of murdering a former partner in 1995, having beaten her head with a piece of wood. He already had two manslaughter convictions at the time.
A judge in one of his cases confirmed Arthurell had “unequivocally demonstrated a proclivity to violently terminate the lives of fellow human beings. A frail, even physically disabled, person can inflict fatal harm once armed with a weapon.”
In 2021 authorities issued a supervision order including electronic monitoring and alcohol rehab. His parole expired in 2024, leaving the state’s Attorney General Michael Daley facing questions.
“If Arthurell does not meet the threshold for you to apply for an [extended supervision order], who does?” Shadow Attorney-General Damien Tudehope asked.
