ABC Local | Lauren Hickson's murderer Neville Towner seeks parole but family say he's 'a ticking time bomb' ABC Local Almost three decades after four-year-old Sydney girl Lauren Hickson was brutally beaten and murdered, her family now have an anxious three-week wait to find out if her killer will be granted parole. Neville Towner, then 23, killed Lauren after trying ... Neville Raymond Towner could be granted parole soon as family of murdered girl warns of 'ticking time bomb' Slain Sydney girl's family in parole limbo |