The Parole Board of Canada has again granted Brian Doyle day parole.

But it will only last for three months while he completes a rehabilitation and counselling program.

In its decision rendered today, the board said while Doyle continues to display issues with drug use and his sexuality, they believe he will not present an undue risk to the public while completing the program and living in a halfway house.

They noted there will be strict conditions and no overnight leave for Doyle, and he will be returned to the William Head minimum-security institution near Victoria, B.C. when finished the program.

Doyle is serving a life sentence for the death of Catherine Carroll more than 30 years ago.

In 2002, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the horrific killing in the victim’s home on James Place in St. John’s.

He stabbed and slashed the woman more than 50 times in the early-morning hours of New Year’s Day, 1991.

Doyle allowed Carroll’s son, Greg Parsons, to be wrongfully convicted of the murder.

Parsons was exonerated in 1998 when DNA evidence ruled him out as the suspect.

Four years later, Doyle was convicted of the crime after admitting to the murder during a Mr. Big sting involving undercover police officers.

Doyle was granted day parole two years ago but it was revoked last year when he failed to disclose a six-month-long relationship as required.

At that time, the board questioned his honesty, which was also noted today, with members still pointing to a continued pattern of lying and deception.