Former cop convicted of attacking ex-wife banned from Winnipeg, Saskatoon

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A former police officer who committed a brutal attack on his ex-wife has been banned from Winnipeg and Saskatoon as part of his unique parole conditions.

The 60-year-old — who can’t be named in order to protect the identity of the victim — was sentenced in August 2009 to 12 years, 10 months in prison, in addition to 13 months of time already served, after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault and break-and-enter with intent.

Documents obtained by the Free Press show he was recently granted day parole provided he follows a series of conditions. Those include staying away from two specific Canadian cities.

“Given your history of obsessive and violent behaviour, the concerns expressed by the close family members are legitimate and reasonable,” the parole board wrote in their decision. “The family members of the victim have the right to have some measure of comfort in knowing you will not be able to be in the cities where they reside.”

Other parole conditions include reporting all “intimate, sexual and non-sexual relationships and friendships with females” to his supervisor and continuing to attend psychological counselling.

“The board remains concerned with the nature and gravity of your index offence as you committed a very brutal and prolonged sexual attack on a highly vulnerable woman,” the documents state. “The crime was premeditated and planned and involved a considerable amount of gratuitous violence and degradation of the victim.”

Although the accused has been deemed a low-risk for sexual re-offending, the parole board also expressed concerns about his degree of remorse. However, they noted he has performed well in the community while on more than 200 escorted temporary absences from the minimum-security facility where he’s been lodged since 2013.

His day parole will now extend for six months but could be revoked at any time if there are concerns about his behaviour.

The violent attack took place in Winnipeg in July 2008. At the time, the 25-year veteran of the Winnipeg Police Service had been arrested five times since 2006 for breaching a protection order the victim obtained against him.

According to an agreed statement of facts about the attack, he knew his wife had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy, which left her considerably weakened. He left his home in the middle of the night — leaving two sleeping young children alone in their beds — and went to the woman’s home, which he knew had no alarm coverage on the windows.

The victim awoke to the sight of a man on top of her wearing plastic gloves and a black nylon stocking over his head. She later told police she initially thought it was a dream, but then recognized the attacker as her ex-husband. The man restrained the woman and repeatedly sexually and physically assaulted her over the course of several hours.

The victim managed to secretly call 911 while the man was in another room.

Police arrived moments later and caught the accused trying to leave. The woman suffered numerous injuries that required hospitalization. Her ex-husband admitted to the attack and told the arresting officers, “I should have just had you shoot me.”

Just days before the attack, the man told a retired cop he was frustrated his ex-wife was going to sell their home.

“In the next seven days, I’m gonna do something, and you are not going to be happy with me,” he said. The friend apparently didn’t do anything with the information.

Police also uncovered evidence of planning, including a “rape kit” the man had made with various items he purchased.

The victim died of cancer in 2012. Family members have previously told the parole board they believe her illness was aggravated by the assault and contributed to her death.

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