Killer rapist set to walk out of jail TOMORROW – after he was thrown back in jail when was caught stalking dating apps the last time he tasted freedom

A convicted murderer and rapist who signed up for several dating apps using fake names the last time he was released on parole will leave prison within hours.

Jamie John Curtis, 69, was sentenced to life with a non-parole period of 30 years after he tortured and raped then 17-year-old Tameka Ridgeway in Tasmania in 1986.

Curtis then tortured Ms Ridgeway’s 22-year-old finance director Dean Allie for 12 hours before stabbing him to death.

He was also sentenced to 25 years in prison for a range of other crimes, including kidnapping, aggravated burglary and three charges of indecent assault.

Tasmania’s Parole Board said in its decision to parole Curtis on Wednesday that “all aspects of the case” had been assessed. ABC reports.

The board said it was aware of the “circumstances of the applicant” and the “importance of considering the need to provide protection to the public and the victims of the perpetrators of the offence.”

Curtis had his first bid for parole approved in June 2018, but was back behind bars four months later after breaching his bail conditions by setting up fake accounts on multiple dating websites.

Curtis had spent 32 years behind bars at Risdon Prison near Hobart and had found a job at a butcher’s shop before being taken back into custody.

He was granted parole again three years later, but his second chance at freedom was denied after he allegedly used illegal drugs to manage pain.

Curtis also failed to tell his probation officer that he was in a new relationship at the time.

The 2021 parole report made several considerations before the board approved his release that year while he worked as a community corrections officer.

The report referred to notes showing Curtis was ‘polite’ and ‘respectful’, and the findings also showed he ‘interacted appropriately with prison staff’.

The board also considered Curtis a “minimum security” inmate since 2022.

But Ms Ridgeway slammed the release committee’s decision and said her attacker should not be allowed back into the community.

“Curtis is and always will be an extremely dangerous criminal for whom the community deserves protection,” she said The Mercury.

“The Parole Board’s decision to release this person from prison was a very foolish decision indeed.”

Jamie John Curtis, 69, (pictured) was sentenced to life behind bars with a non-parole period of 30 years after he tortured and raped Tameka Ridgeway and murdered her fiancé in 1986.

Curtis sparked a week-long manhunt in Tasmania after escaping from prison in a laundry van just eight months into his sentence.

During Curtis’ sentencing at the Supreme Court in 1986, Chief Justice William Cox described his offending as “unprovoked”, “arbitrary” and “heartless”.

Chief Justice Cox also described Curtis’ conduct at the time as a “sustained course of brutal kidnapping, assault, sexual abuse and ultimately murder in the vain hope of escaping detection.”

Curtis will have to wear an electronic monitoring device and is banned from contacting or associating with certain people, including the victims of his crimes.

He is also not allowed to enter certain locations and he is not allowed to let anyone stay overnight in his place of residence.