Serial killer Samuel Leonard Boyd offers to undergo chemical castration in return for jail release

By Melanie Kembrey
Updated December 11 2016 - 12:08pm, first published 12:15am
Boyd is willing to undergo chemical castration if he will be granted parole. Photo: Trevor Dallen
Boyd is willing to undergo chemical castration if he will be granted parole. Photo: Trevor Dallen
Boyd leaving court on Friday. Photo: Christopher Pearce
Boyd leaving court on Friday. Photo: Christopher Pearce
Police escorting Boyd to Campbelltown Police station in April, 1983. Photo: Trevor Dallen
Police escorting Boyd to Campbelltown Police station in April, 1983. Photo: Trevor Dallen
Boyd's sexually violent murders involved torture. Photo: John Nobley
Boyd's sexually violent murders involved torture. Photo: John Nobley
Boyd murdered Gregory Wiles one day in 1983, and hours later terrorised three women, murdering two of them. The third amazingly survived. Photo: Trevor Dallen
Boyd murdered Gregory Wiles one day in 1983, and hours later terrorised three women, murdering two of them. The third amazingly survived. Photo: Trevor Dallen

One of the state's most notorious killers has made a last ditch attempt to be released from jail, declaring that he is willing to undergo chemical castration to diminish his levels of arousal after being repeatedly diagnosed a sexual sadist.