British Columbia's premier says he is 'deeply disturbed' that a high-risk sex offender who abducted a three-year-old boy in 2011 is on the loose after failing to return to his halfway house in Vancouver.
British Columbia's premier says he is "deeply disturbed" that a high-risk sex offender who abducted a three-year-old boy in 2011 is on the loose after failing to return to his halfway house in Vancouver.
He was convicted of the 2011 abduction of a three-year-old boy in southeastern British Columbia, which touched off a Canada-wide search for the child. "I'm certainly, as I imagine all British Columbians are, deeply disturbed to hear about the release of a sex offender who targets children, that he was insufficiently supervised and able to walk away from the halfway house," Eby said. "I don't understand why there weren't sufficient safeguards put in place by the parole board on this individual to prevent this from happening.
The parole board said in a statement at the time that the recommendation for criminal charges would go to the B.C. attorney general after Hopley was allegedly caught using a computer at a public library — less than a metre from a group of children. "He was ordered released on a release order with conditions on February 8, 2023. The matter is set for trial on Monday November 6, 2023."Eby said items such as current bail-reform legislation that is stuck in the Senate need to be prioritized to target dangerous repeat offenders and protect the general public.
The parole board said at the time that Hopley does not "appear to understand or appreciate" the risk level of being in the library, adding that he lied to his case management team about the incident.
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