'Bicycle Bandit' Kym Allen Parsons dies by voluntary assisted dying
South Australia's notorious 'Bicycle Bandit' Kym Allen Parsons has died by voluntary assisted dying days after he was sentenced to 35 years behind bars.
Parsons was approved for the voluntary assisted dying program after he was found guilty of robbing 11 banks over a 10-year crime spree.
9News Adelaide understands Parsons died earlier this afternoon at a hospice near Flinders Medical Centre surrounded by family after he chose to end his own life.
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The Bicycle Bandit has died by euthanasia in South Australia. Supplied
The convicted bank robber was moved from the Remand Centre yesterday.
The 73-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in jail for 11 armed robberies, which is a sentence that was known to be academic, due to Parson's terminal cancer and failing health.
Parsons is the second prisoner known to have accessed voluntary assisted dying in the state.
The health minister said the case would be reviewed by the scheme's ethics board.
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