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Among the nearly two-dozen conditions Manyshots will have to abide by are that he is to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet, refrain from consuming any alcohol or drugs and abide by a nightly curfew
Among the nearly two-dozen conditions Manyshots will have to abide by are that he is to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet, refrain from consuming any alcohol or drugs and abide by a nightly curfew
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It was a crime, so heinous, it scarred an entire northeast Calgary community.
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And while more than a decade later those scars are likely healed to a large extent, it was probably a stark reminder for the good people of Taradale earlier this month when one of its perpetrators was back before the courts.
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Fortunately, Corey Manyshots wasn’t back in the prisoner’s box of a Calgary courtroom facing charges in a similarly horrific offence to the one committed by him and his younger brother more than a decade ago.
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But the fact Manyshots was before the courts at all illustrated just how severe his crime was when he and his brother snatched a 17-year-old girl from a Taradale bus stop and dragged her into an alley where they both sexually assaulted her. Unsatisfied with the physical and psychological trauma that would have caused their innocent victim, they forced her to walk 20 minutes to their parents’ home where they kept her for hours and repeatedly raped her.
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The Nov. 14, 2014, crime landed both Manyshots brothers 12-year prison terms, a punishment Corey completed last month while on mandatory parole. Due to a difference in pre-sentencing credit, Cody has not yet completed his term.
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The older Manyshots was rearrested under a section of the Criminal Code which allows the prosecution to seek a peace bond against someone who poses an ongoing danger to the public, something he clearly does.
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Justice Michelle Christopher agreed with Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh the offender remains a high risk to commit another serious crime, despite years of rehabilitative detention in Canada’s prison system.
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Among the nearly two-dozen conditions Manyshots will have to abide by are that he is to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet, refrain from consuming any alcohol or drugs and abide by a nightly curfew. Manyshots is also prohibited from entering into any relationship, sexual or otherwise, without that individual being apprised of his criminal past and he can’t have contact with his brother.
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Society can only hope those conditions, and the others he will be under for the next two years, will be enough to deter him from returning to his criminal ways.
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At the hearing before Christopher two weeks ago, Walsh detailed reports provided at the offender’s 2018 sentencing hearing which painted a dire picture of his risk to society if not strictly supervised.
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