B.C. killer denied parole again

A convictedkiller who continues to deny his guilt in the brutal murders of two women in the Lower Mainland community of Tsawwassen in 1990 has been denied parole for the fourth time.

Derik Lord, 33, is serving a life sentence for the murders 43-year-old Sharon Huenemann and her mother Doris Leatherbarrow at Leatherbarrow's home.

The decision came at a parole hearing on Thursday at Matsqui Institution in the Fraser Valley.

National Parole Board acting regional director Evelyn Blair said the three-member panel felt that Lord has not dealt with the reasons he was sent to prison.

He was just 17 when he and another teenager beat the two women with a crowbar and then slit their throats.

Evidence at the trial showed that Lord and his friend, 16-year-old David Muir, had travelled to Tsawwassen from Victoria to kill the women.

They had been hired by Huenemann's son Darren Huenemann, then 18,who was in line to inherit about $4 million from Leatherbarrow, who owned a successful clothing chain.

All three teens were convicted of first-degree murder in 1992.

Muir, whoconfessed to police,has already been granted full parole.

Huenemann, who still maintains his innocence,was ordered to serve 25 years before becoming eligible for parole. He is currently in prison in Quebec.