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\nMark Lundy before the verdict.
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Sharon Lundy\n<\/p>\n
Convicted murderer Mark Lundy<\/a> is continuing to do well after his release from prison almost a year ago, the Parole Board says.<\/p>\n As a result his lawyer has asked for an indication of when he could be released from his electronic monitoring.<\/p>\n The then-66-year-old was freed from Tongariro Prison<\/a> in May, to a location that is suppressed, having been granted parole.<\/p>\n Lundy has always maintained his innocence despite twice being found guilty of killing his wife Christine and 7-year-old daughter Amber in their Palmerston North home in August 2000.<\/p>\n That position was a stumbling block before the Parole Board until last year, when it decided he was ready for release.<\/p>\n He saw the board for a progress hearing last month and a report from that was released to RNZ on Friday.<\/p>\n “Since the last monitoring hearing that took place on 25 October, 2025, Mr Lundy has continued to comply with all of his conditions,” the report said.<\/p>\n “He continued to enjoy stable accommodation. He does not seek any variations of the existing conditions today.”<\/p>\n His lawyer, Ella Burton, did though ask whether the board would “define a timeframe within which Mr Lundy could look forward to a positive consideration of a discharge of the electronic monitoring of his whereabouts condition”.<\/p>\n The board decided this was premature, because Lundy had been out of prison less than a year.<\/p>\n “The board is not in a position to indicate any finite term within which Mr Lundy could apply for a variation of the electronic monitoring of his whereabouts condition.”<\/p>\n His parole conditions also include a ban on drinking alcohol or taking drugs; that he has to tell his probation officer if he has an intimate relationship; a ban from Hastings, Rangit\u012bkei, Manawat\u016b and Nelson; and a ban on holding a social media account or posting on social media sites.<\/p>\n He was previously banned from talking to the media, but that was lifted at a previous hearing.<\/p>\n His last progress hearing heard he was expanding his social contacts, and the night-time curfew<\/a> he was originally subjected to on release was dropped.<\/p>\n