Leash tightens for double murderer and former fugitive

A list of 53 conditions, including limiting personal relationships and not entering pubs and racecourses or using social media without permission, will try to protect the community from a horrific double murderer and a serial parole offender.

Damien Anthony Peters, now 57, killed and dismembered two of his lovers, Tereupii Akai and Bevan Frost, in 2001.

He admitted to cutting open Akai’s body with a hacksaw, flushing his teeth and liver down the toilet, and disposing of the remaining limbs and organs in trash cans.

Eight months later, he stabbed Frost to death, decapitated him and left his remains in the bathtub, where they sat for two days before police found them.

Peters pleaded guilty to the murders in 2002 and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

He was first released on parole in 2016, but committed repeated offenses in subsequent years, including drug use, threats against his supervisor and having an electronic bracelet removed from his ankle.

After he was released again in 2022 on a three-year supervision order (ESO), authorities caught Peters trying to buy steroids and found him high on amphetamines and cannabis during a home visit.

In May 2025, Peters admitted to using cannabis and methamphetamine, being drunk, absconding and missing several counseling appointments.

He served his last prison sentence to date in 2025 and was released in September.

On Friday, Justice Helen Roberts of the NSW Supreme Court extended Peters’ supervision order for 18 months.

“The court is convinced that the suspect poses an unacceptable risk,” she wrote in her judgment.

Peters will have to give officers summaries of his weekly movements, is not allowed to consume alcohol or use illegal drugs and could be forced to wear an ankle monitor for 12 months.

He is also not allowed to associate with drinkers and drug users and must receive psychological and psychiatric guidance.

After his arrest in 2001, Peters said he blamed Akai for infecting him with HIV without telling him he had the virus and for abusing his dog.

At the time of the murder, the killer was using testosterone, marijuana, methadone, Valium and ice.

He claimed he killed Frost because he manipulated him as much as Akai, telling police he “got tired of being used for sex.”

When police asked him why he killed Frost instead of leaving him behind, Peters replied “because I had a dog and had nowhere else to go and I have to think about the dog.”

“The defendant has shown limited insight into his offending… and his risk factors for further offending,” Judge Roberts said.

“(He) continues to pose a risk to commit criminal offenses in the context of drug relapse and problematic relationships.”