 Derby-Lewis died of his cancer on 3 November 2016.Janusz Waluś continued to apply for parole through the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria which was accepted, however was later rejected in the Supreme Court of Appeal in April 2015 by Michael Masutha, Minister for Justice and Correctional Services.In all cases Waluś has been denied parole due to his lacking remorse and retained political ideology.