Keli Lane: Baby killer is thrown back into Silverwater Prison after being caught breaking key condition while on day release
- Lane broke rule while on day release
- Was set to be granted parole within months
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Convicted baby killer Keli Lane is back behind bars in a maximum security prison after reportedly breaking the conditions of her day release which could potentially impact her chance of getting parole.
The 48-year-old, who was found guilty of murdering her baby daughter in 2010, is now back at Silverwater women's prison in Sydney's west after being investigated over allegations of inappropriate behaviour at an external worksite.
The one-time Olympic water polo hopeful has been working in the community on day release in recent months but was caught using a mobile phone last week. The phone has been seized.
The incident could impact her chances of getting parole, with Lane having almost completed her minimum sentence of 13-and-a-half years behind bars.
The minimum sentence expires in just 11 weeks time.
Keli Lane (pictured) was sentenced to minimum 13-and-a-half-years years in jail over the murder of her daughter Tegan two days after she was born in 1996.
Convicted baby killer Keli Lane (pictured in 2023 ) is back behind bars in a maximum security prison
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Lane was moved to a transitional centre in Sydney's north-west in August last year as she neared the end of her non-parole period.
She was found to have murdered her daughter Tegan by the NSW Supreme Court after the baby girl died just two days after she was born at Auburn Hospital in 1996.
Lane was sentenced to 18 years in prison with a non-parole period of 13 years and five months.
She has always maintained her innocence and Tegan's body has never been found.
She claimed that she handed her daughter over to a man named Allan Morris or Norris who was believed to be Tegan's father at a wedding just hours after Lane was discharged from hospital.
The man never came forward and authorities never found the man or the body of Tegan.
Lane was seen for the first time in years last year when she was spotted working at a milk processing plant after she was given a full-time job producing dairy products for people in prison across NSW.
The 48-year-old (pictured left with her father in 2006) was close to completing her non-parole period
Correctives Services confirmed on Tuesday night that a female inmate has been returned to a maximum-security prison.
'Inmates nearing release can be housed at a transitional centre, which is managed by Corrective Services NSW and designed to support them as they make the transition from living in a prison to living in community, a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
'Living in a transitional centre is a privilege, underpinned by the good behaviour of the inmate, and their adherence to strict conditions.'
'If an inmate is suspected of behaviour which contravenes these conditions, an investigation is launched, and the offender can be returned to prison.'
Lane's case will be the first test of the no body, no parole legislation that was amended in October 2022.
The alleged breach could impact Keli Lane's chances of getting parole in May
