Convicted double murderer Scott Watson denied parole

Chris Watson says the claim his son, convicted of murdering Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, had an accomplice is "just strange".

Convicted double murderer Scott Watson has been declined parole.

Watson is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope in the Marlborough Sounds in 1998.

Author Ian Wishart says Scott Watson's guilt of the murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope is beyond doubt.

It was Watson’s third parole hearing and he won’t be back before the board until November next year.

His case is to be reconsidered by the Court of Appeal next year.

Watson has always maintained his innocence.

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