Frustrated mass murderer Julian Knight sees himself in 10 years' time still behind bars, rather than a free man, after an attempt to kick-start his parole process failed.
Knight, who killed seven people and wounded 19 in the 1987 shooting spree in Melbourne known as the Hoddle Street massacre, lost a legal bid on Friday to pressure authorities to begin his parole process, including granting access to rehabilitation programs.
The 43-year-old, who is serving a life jail term with a 27-year minimum, will become eligible for parole in May 2014.
Knight told Victoria Supreme Court Justice Robert Osborn he worked in Port Phillip Prison helping new inmates settle into the jail.
'At this stage it appears in 10 years' time I will still be doing that,' he told the judge.
Justice Osborn replied, 'No doubt you have a genuine series of beliefs about your position, but you will see from what I have said that it is apparent your case is currently before the parole board and the board is actively considering it.
'It seems to me that you and the people of Victoria will have to wait the outcome of that consideration.'
Knight, who has been declared a vexatious litigant and needs court permission to start any legal action, wanted to be granted an order to begin the process for him to be paroled and to take part in rehabilitation programs in preparation for release.
But Justice Osborn dismissed the application.
In his reasons for Friday's judgment, he said Knight had sought a tentative parole date from the parole board, which had been refused.
To allow the proceedings Knight sought to go ahead would be 'doomed to failure' and an abuse of process, Justice Osborn said.
The parole date of May 2014 was still a considerable time away, he said.
The parole board would consider Knight's case when it had obtained a further psychological report.
