Reena Virk’s killer arrested for breach of parole conditions, Surrey police say [Video]

Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, who killed teen Reena Virk in 1997, has been arrested following a breach of parole conditions, according to the Surrey Police Service (SPS).

SPS spokesperson Ian MacDonald confirmed Sim — known as Kelly Ellard at the time of Virk’s murder in Victoria, B.C. — was arrested midday Tuesday in South Surrey on an outstanding Canada-wide warrant.

In March of last year, the parole board extended day parole for Sim, who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. The decision described a 41-year-old struggling with children, single-parenting, the high cost of living and the consequences of her actions.

In November 1997, Sim and Warren Glowatski followed Virk, 14, across the Craigflower Bridge and dragged her into Victoria’s Gorge waterway, following a savage beating by a swarm of teens Virk thought were friends. Sim held the 14-year-old’s head underwater until she drowned.

The murder was the …