BRUSSELS (AP) — Pedophile killer Marc Dutroux was on Monday denied conditional release from jail, which would have allowed him to walk the streets with an electronic ankle bracelet, the latest turn in a case that has long transfixed and horrified Belgium.

Dutroux is serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and abusing six girls in 1995 and 1996. He was also found to have murdered two of the girls and let two others starve to death in a dungeon. Dutroux, who has been in prison for 16 years, tried to convince a court that he would be no risk to the public if he was released with electronic monitoring.