NSW wife and kid killer granted parole

A NSW man who strangled his young sons and bashed his wife to death when she became violent and consumed with jealousy after living out a sexual fantasy will be released from jail.

Sandor Cikos has been granted parole after 16 years of the 21-year sentence he was handed for pleading guilty to the murder of his de facto wife Allison Penrose and their children, 4-year-old Jake and 18-month-old Travis, at their West Dapto home on December 6, 1999.

The twisted tryst which led to the murders happened months earlier, when Ms Penrose told a female friend her secret fantasy - to watch Cikos have sex with one of her girlfriends.

Cikos was asleep but was woken by Ms Penrose.

She began having sex with him and then told the girlfriend it was her turn.

But the fantasy was short-lived.

"She apparently did not like what she saw," Justice John Dunford said when sentencing Cikos to a minimum 15-and-a-half years in the NSW Supreme Court in February 2001.

"Almost immediately, she commenced to abuse and berate (Cikos) for having had intercourse with the girlfriend in front of her, and she struck (Cikos) and ordered him out of the house, and also the girlfriend."

Ms Penrose soured after her failed fantasy and Justice Dunford said the incident seemed to have had an all-consuming effect on her, assaulting Cikos several times.

"She also was meticulous about her fingernails and was frequently having them repaired, and told the beautician that she was constantly breaking them assaulting the prisoner, and that she hit him whenever she could," Justice Dunford said.

Despite initiating the sexual encounter, Ms Penrose blamed Cikos, saying in his sober state he should not have succumbed to the drunken advances of the women.

According to Cikos, Ms Penrose ordered him to kill the girlfriend by February 2000 or she would have him killed.

"He felt he had to do something and killing her (Ms Penrose) seemed to be the only thing he could do," Justice Dunford said.

One night while Ms Penrose was asleep Cikos used a pipe to bludgeon her head and then choked her.

Cikos then choked his two sons, saying he could not bear the thought of them going through life with the pain of knowing their father had murdered their mother.

In custody since January 2000, Cikos became eligible for release last July, and on Thursday the NSW State Parole Authority agreed to grant parole.

His release will likely anger Ms Penrose's brother, Wayne Penrose, who at the time of sentencing said no period of jail was long enough.

"The only thing I would have been happy with would have been the death penalty," he said.

Under the conditions of his parole, Cikos cannot contact the family of his victims and must stay away from Parramatta, Blacktown, Wollongong, Wagga Wagga and Eurobodalla Shire.

Cikos is expected to be released later this month.