Friday, January 21, 2011

Patricia Krenwinkel



No parole for killer Patricia Krenwinkel who 'became monster' below Charles Manson

The two-member parole panel made clear yesterday it was the horror of the Manson killings, among the most notorious of the twentieth century, that led them to reject the bid for parole in spite of Patricia Krenwinkel's efforts to change her life.

Krenwinkel was convicted - along with Manson and 2 other female followers - of murdering 7 people in 1969, including actress Sharon Tate, the wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski who was 8 1/2 months pregnant.

The decision was handed down after a four-hour hearing and more than an hour of deliberations at which Krenwinkel wept, apologised for her murderous deeds and said she was ashamed of her actions.

Members of victims' families cried and recalled their suffering after the murders and called for her to be kept behind bars.

Krenwinkel, 63, who has been in jail longer than any other woman in California, told the parole board she threw away everything good in herself and became a "monster" after she met Manson.

Krenwinkel admitted during her trial that she chased down and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at Tate's Los Angeles home on August 9, 1969, and participated in the stabbing deaths of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night. Both homes where the killings took place were defaced with bloody scrawlings.

The parole panel said it had received letters from people around the globe urging that Krenwinkel be kept behind bars.

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