SA Government bid for interim supervision order on Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon to be heard in the next fortnight

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Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon could face restrictions that are ‘more onerous’ than his current parole conditions, when his 25-year sentence ends in three weeks. The government is rushing to impose an interim supervision order on the 65-year-old because he’ll be released before the Supreme Court decides on more permanent conditions.

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00:00 Mark Hayden remains on parole at the Adelaide Pre-Release Centre in Northfield.

00:07 He's allowed into the community for daily excursions under his parole conditions, but

00:11 must return before curfew.

00:13 That's one of six restrictions currently placed on him by the Parole Board.

00:17 The Government has been attempting in the Supreme Court to have Hayden placed on an

00:21 extended supervision order, allowing him to be monitored beyond May 20, when his 25-year

00:27 sentence ends.

00:28 It would be similar in nature to what the parole conditions are in terms of where you

00:32 can go, any curfews, the times you have to be at home, the ability to enter a licensed

00:39 premises not using drugs or alcohol.

00:41 Ongoing delays in court though mean time is running out for the Government to have its

00:45 order imposed before Hayden's release, prompting the Solicitor-General, Mike Waite KC, to tell

00:51 the court this morning Hayden should be placed on an interim supervision order.

00:56 That order, according to Hayden's lawyer, Sam Abbott KC, would result in the 65-year-old

01:01 being placed on more onerous restrictions than the current parole provisions.

01:06 There are further negotiations that are occurring between the lawyers for the Government and

01:10 Mark Hayden's lawyers about what those exact terms might look like.

01:15 Hayden is one of four men jailed over the notorious Snowtown or Bodies in the Barrels

01:19 murders in which 11 people were killed, including Hayden's wife, Elizabeth.

01:24 He was found guilty of seven counts of assisting the main offenders.

01:28 Hayden will return to court to learn what, if any conditions, will be placed on him on

01:32 May 15.

01:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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