Louisa Damodran was murdered in 1986. Photo / supplied
The man who abducted and murdered a Christchurch schoolgirl 34 years ago will not be released from prison.
He is not even seeking freedom.
Peter Joseph Holdem was jailed for life in 1987 for murdering 6-year-old Louisa Damodran near Christchurch.
On October 15, 1986, little Louisa - who was just days shy of her 7th birthday - was walking home from school and just 100m from home when Holdem kidnapped her.
He drove her to the Waimakariri River north of the city, throttled her and drowned her.
Her body was found downstream three weeks later.
At the time of the murder Holdem was on parole after serving time for the 1982 attempted rape of a 10-year-old in a Christchurch park.
He has a history of sex attacks on children dating back to the 1970s.
Today the Parole Board revealed Holdem had "five pages of sexual offending dishonesty and violent offending before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder".
Holdem was first eligible for parole in October 1996 and has been refused every time he has appeared before the board.
He appeared in May but the hearing had to be adjourned because the board had not received a private psychological report.
"Prior to that Mr Holdem was last seen by the Board in May 2017 when there was a three-year postponement," said board chairman Sir Ron Young.
"He was then said to have been at high risk of violence and sex offending given he had completed group programmes and one-on-one programmes with relatively little progress.
"It was suggested then that he could be considered for the Child Sex Offender Treatment Programme."
Sir Ron said Holdem knew he had "significant work" to do.
"Currently he remains an undue risk," he said in the parole decision released this afternoon.
"We will see him again in 18 months' time by the end of November 2021 with hope that he has been able to progress."
Louisa's parents and family did not want to speak about the decision.
When he first came up for parole the officer in charge of the case spoke about Holdem.
Former detective Mel Griebel, now retired, said he still had nightmares about the case.
"Whatever the psychiatrists and psychologists say, they can't guarantee he won't kill again," he said.
"He will come out and kill again. There is no doubt about that. I don't know what treatment he has had but he is not worth the risk."
His last appearance was in 2017 and the board made an order postponing his next hearing until May this year.
READ THE FULL 2017 DECISION HERE
'He has disregarded our voice and continued with this divisive kaupapa.'