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The B.C. NDP has introduced legislation that would ban those convicted of serious offences from changing their name.that child-killer Allan Schoenborn changed his legal name and was fighting to keep his new name from being made public.
The legislation was introduced with just four days left in the legislative session which breaks on May 16, which means the B.C. NDP will use their majority to force the bill through with limited debate. The official Opposition pointed out the government already has the authority to deny a name change that is “sought for an improper purpose or is on any other ground objectionable,” and they said this should have been done when Schoenborn applied to change his name.
The B.C. Review Board, which reviews the cases of convicted offenders found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder, rejected an application from Schoenborn to have his new legal name redacted from the board’s decisions. However, the new name has not been made public and the review board said Schoenborn should continue to be addressed by his publicly known name.Schoenborn has been at Coquitlam’s Forensic Psychiatric Hospital since 2010, after killing his daughter and two sons.
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