New York Daily News

Manson killer wins parole OK

- Nancy Dillon and Christophe­r Brennan

A MEMBER OF cult leader Charles Manson’s infamous “family” has been granted parole — and Sharon Tate’s sister is already working to overturn it.

Leslie Van Houten, 68, was approved for parole Wednesday, with the board saying she served her time for the horrific murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969.

California Gov. Jerry Brown now has 120 days to affirm, reverse or take no action against the move to end her life sentence. Brown denied her parole last year, despite the panel saying she’s been a model prisoner.

Van Houten was 19 when she and other Manson family members killed the LaBiancas, the night after other Manson followers slaughtere­d pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends.

Tate’s sister Debra attended the hearing and was unimpresse­d.

“(Van Houten) couldn’t even quote a definition of remorse. That is something she should know like the back of her hand by now,” Tate told the Daily News.

Manson, 82, remains confined in Corcoran State Prison.

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