Freed one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge seen enjoying a Saturday with his girlfriend and two small children - after his victim's parents claimed his release was based on 'a pack of lies'

One-punch killer Kieran Loveridge has been spotted enjoying a Saturday morning with a woman believed to be his girlfriend and two small children after he was recently released from prison after a decade behind bars.  

Loveridge, 30, was released on parole from Broken Hill prison two weeks ago having been imprisoned when he fatally struck 18-year-old Thomas Kelly with a single punch in Sydney's Kings Cross back in July 2012.

The attack led the New South Wales Government to introduce strict mandatory sentencing laws for drunk violence and controversial lockout laws, which forced nightclubs and bars to refuse entry after 1.30am.

But other than a visible ankle monitor, those days already seemed far behind Loveridge as he was seen exiting a hairdressing salon carrying a white plastic bag and strolling down the street beside the dark-haired woman, who pushed a pram, with the children, believed to be family members. 

At one stage he was also seen stopping to speak with a bearded man with heavily tattooed legs and then walking beside one of the small children, who was wearing a pink windcheater.

One witness observed the children were happy to see him. 

It's understood Loveridge has been looking for work since returning to society. 

On his release Loveridge recently told the Daily Telegraph he was just a kid who 'messed up' by punching Thomas and had never meant to kill him.

'I was 18, I was still at school when that happened. I wasn't off the rails, I just went out and made a mistake,' he said.

'I went out that night and unfortunately I made a mistake, and I woke up going, "Far out, I'm going to jail".'

He said he was 'extremely remorseful' for his crime, something Thomas' parents do not believe.

'They have been there in court when I have said sorry to them. I'm not sure what else I can do,' Loveridge said.

Loveridge also said he now aims to educate young men about the dangers of alcohol and violence.

Loveridge, who assaulted four others on the night he killed Thomas Kelly, initially got a sentence of just four years, but on appeal this was raised to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 13 years and eight months.

Mr Kelly's parents, Kathy and Ralph, initially supported Loveridge's parole but during a recent interview with the ABC's 7.30 program, they said they did so based 'on a pack of lies' after learning about incidents involving Loveridge inside prison, and that he had shown no remorse.

At the April parole hearing, they learned Loveridge had been repeatedly violent during his years in prison, assaulting several people including punching a bikie in the face.

In the most recent incident, just weeks before the parole hearing, Loveridge was drunk and violent towards corrections officers.

'It's hard to believe that the State Parole Authority think that he won't be a risk to the community, or a low risk, as they say,' Mr Kelly said.

'Given that he had an outburst on the 27th of February it shows that he is still the same person that he was 12 years ago.'

Ms Kelly said Loveridge 'was drunk in prison and was aggravated'.

'We're talking a month-and-a-half ago... and we weren't aware of that when we put the submission forward saying that we supported the parole. We were doing the right thing, as far as we were concerned.'

She said they only found out about the extent of Loveridge's behaviour in prison at the parole hearing 'as the judge was basically summing everything up'.

'It was disgusting,' Ms Kelly said.

'It was just appalling that that we've been kept in the dark about that, because we really went in with our submission and supported the parole on a pack of lies.

'Had we known that, we definitely would not have supported it.'

Mr Kelly believes 'it's only a matter of time' before Loveridge commits further crimes once he is given parole.

After losing Thomas to the violent incident involving Loveridge, the Kellys lost their second son Stuart, also 18, to suicide four years later. 

His death followed a suspected assault at St Paul's College at Sydney University a matter of days after he'd spoken on the death of his brother.