A shocking list of 53 stringent restrictions, including limitations on personal relationships and prohibitions on entering pubs, racecourses, and using social media without explicit approval, has been enacted to protect the public from a notorious double murderer and serial parole violator.
Damien Anthony Peters, now 57 years old, is infamous for the brutal murders and dismemberment of his two partners, Tereupii Akai and Bevan Frost, back in 2001.
Peters confessed to using a hacksaw to disembowel Akai, disposing of his teeth and liver by flushing them down the toilet, and discarding his limbs and organs in trash bins.
Eight months after Akai’s murder, Peters claimed his second victim, Frost, whom he stabbed to death. He then decapitated Frost and left his remains in a bathtub for two days before authorities discovered them.
In 2002, Peters pleaded guilty to these heinous crimes and received a 21-year prison sentence. However, his release on parole in 2016 was followed by numerous violations, including drug use, making threats against his parole officer, and tampering with his electronic monitoring device.
He was first released on parole in 2016 but clocked up repeated violations in the following years including for drug use, threats to his supervising officer and forcing an electronic bracelet off his ankle.
After being released once more in 2022 under a three-year extended supervision order (ESO), authorities caught Peters attempting to buy steroids and found him high on amphetamines and cannabis during a house call.
During May 2025, Peters admitted to using cannabis and methamphetamine and being drunk, absconding and missing multiple counselling appointments.
He served his last prison sentence to date in 2025 and was released in September.
On Friday, NSW Supreme Court Justice Helen Roberts lengthened Peters’ supervision order by 18 months.
“The court is satisfied that the defendant poses an unacceptable risk,” she wrote in her judgment.
Peters will have to provide officers with summaries of his weekly movements, is barred from consuming alcohol or taking illicit drugs and could be forced to wear an ankle bracelet for 12 months.
He is also prohibited from associating with drinkers and drug users and must undergo psychological and psychiatric counselling.
After his arrest in 2001, Peters said he had blamed Akai for infecting him with HIV without telling him he had the virus, and for mistreating his dog.
At the time of the murder, the killer was using testosterone, marijuana, methadone, Valium and ice.
He claimed he murdered Frost because he manipulated him as much as Akai, telling police he “got sick of being used for sex”.
When asked by police why he had killed Frost instead of leaving him, Peters replied “cause I had a dog and I’ve got nowhere else to go and I’ve got to think about the dog”.
“The defendant has shown limited insight into his offending … and his risk factors for further offending,” Justice Roberts said.
“(He) continues to pose a risk of committing offences in the context of drug relapse and problematic relationships.”
