The mastermind of the 1994 robbery that killed a security guard at the Galeries de la Capitale insisted on Thursday his “new values” in hopes of being paroled.
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“I wanted to be rich and it put me in prison all my life, I had victims, so I'm not proud of it except that I work very hard. [pour] Get out of it legally,” argued Maurice McIntyre at a Parole Board of Canada (PBC) hearing.
The 64-year-old murderer, who has been jailed for 28 years and has been on semi-release for more than a year and a half, explained that he wanted to go with his partner.
The talkative man, gray-haired and thinning, said he took part in several aid programs during his imprisonment, while keeping himself in check by reiterating his “greatest regret.”
“Tragedy”
“It's sad because this man didn't deserve to die, I have no excuse, I have no reason to kill him,” the accused said, accompanied by his wife and a lawyer.
According to the official version, McIntyre and an accomplice attacked two security guards outside a Bank of Montreal branch in 1994. Gunfire erupted and Agent Alain Labrie, 35, was shot and killed. An amount of $767,000 was stolen and never recovered, the CLCC document states.
“I feared for my life […] “Because we were both armed and it just went bad,” said the sixty-year-old, who was sentenced in 1998 to life without parole for 25 years for first-degree murder.
His persistence in his job as a welder over the past year reflects his “new values,” which he congratulates himself on “not going back.” [ses] Criminal Values” since his semi-release in September 2022.
Favorable recommendation
Correctional Service Canada recommends granting parole under two conditions: no contact with the person involved in the crime and providing financial information.
“Mr demonstrates a great openness to intervention and a great determination to succeed in his social rehabilitation” although “there has been some conflict over his approach in the past”, the parole officer described.
The two commissioners responsible for deciding McIntyre's fate took everything under advisement after questioning him at length about his understanding of the crimes and his progress or ability to control his emotions.
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