April 17, 2001, The News Letter (Belfast) 'I Don't Like Monday's' woman seeks parole,

April 17, 2001, The News Letter (Belfast) 'I Don't Like Monday's' woman seeks parole, 269 words

BRENDA Spencer, who inspired The Boomtown Rats' hit, I Don't Like Mondays, is seeking parole, 22 years after her crime.

Spencer was 16 on January 29, 1979, when she opened fire with a .22 calibre rifle, a gift from her father, from the family's San Diego, California, house, across the street from the school, killing the principal and the custodian and wounding eight students and a police officer.

But Spencer, serving a 25-years-to-life sentence for her attack at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, is unlikely to be granted parole, because of the nature of the crime, a lack of remorse and recent erratic behaviour, in prison, said Richard Sachs, a San Diego County deputy district attorney, who will argue for keeping her behind bars.