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[Victoria Watcher]

Patrol officers attended a multi-unit residential building in the 3000-block of Douglas Street

 

 

 

Surprise,surprise.

[Victoria Watcher]

A convict who became Canada's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.

 

Tara Desousa, now 43, has applied to Federal Court to overturn a decision by B.C.'s Fraser Valley Institution to deny her "escorted temporary absences" from the federal women's prison.

 

Desousa, then named Adam Laboucan, was 15 years old in 1997 when she sexually assaulted an infant she was babysitting in Quesnel, B.C. The baby required surgery to repair the injuries.

 

Desousa, who underwent gender-affirming operations while serving an indefinite sentence, also admitted to drowning a three-year-old boy when she was 11 years old, which the judge in the sexual assault case said was below the age of criminal responsibility.

 

B.C. Supreme Court Judge Victor Curtis imposed an indefinite sentence and a dangerous-offender designation in 1999 because there was no foreseeable "time span in which Adam Laboucan may be cured."

 

"In doing so, I do not intend that Mr. Laboucan be kept in prison for many years with no hope for release," the judge wrote of the then-17-year-old.

 

 

 

https://bc.ctvnews.c...leave-1.7094958

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 November 2024 - 02:13 AM.

[pontcanna]

Man pleads guilty in flare-gun killing, gets nine years

• Times Colonist
• 2 Nov 2024

A man who put a flare gun in another man’s mouth to intimidate him, fatally injuring him when the flare gun discharged, was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

 

George Thurrott, 59, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday in the death of 59-year-old Royburne Osmond, who died in hospital on March 24, 2020, eight days after the incident in a supportive housing facility in Victoria.

 

Crown prosecutor Chandra Fisher said Osmond lived in the former Tally Ho motel at 3020 Douglas St., as did his common-law spouse, who lived in a separate unit in the building.

 

Thurrott believed Osmond was stealing from him and he wanted to intimidate him to make him stop.

 

Thurrott pinned Osmond against a wall using one arm and with his other hand he grabbed a flare gun, putting the muzzle into Osmond’s mouth, Fisher said.

 

The flare gun discharged and a flare shot into Osmond’s mouth, hitting the back of his throat and “leaving a trail of burning chemicals,” she said.

 

The flare exited Osmond’s mouth and ricocheted into the room and under the door, Fisher said. 

 

Video from the hallway outside the unit that was played in court showed what looked like an explosion inside the room, with a burst of light coming from the unit and smoke pouring into the hall.

 

Staff found Osmond bleeding from the mouth. In a “muffled and slurred voice” he said Thurrott had shot him.

 

Osmond later died in hospital. The wound in his throat had cut off blood supply to almost half of his brain.

 

Thurrott's upbringing in Nova Scotia exposed him to substance misuse, sex work, violence and criminal behaviour. He was sexually abused by his mother’s partner between the ages of three and eight.

 

Thurrott spoke briefly to say he is sorry to Osmond’s family.

 

With credit for time served, Thurrott will spend five years and two months in prison.

 

Brooks said Thurrott’s upbringing gave him very little opportunity to succeed in life. “When I hear those circumstances, I am to some extent somewhat surprised that his criminal record is not longer and more serious than it is”.

 

More: https://www.timescol...e-years-9748144

 

[Mike K.]

“Thurrott's upbringing in Nova Scotia…”

I thought it was Sooke and Sidney and Central Saanich sending its residents to social services in Victoria?

[Victoria Watcher]

Funny how the flare gun just "went off" after he put it in the guys mouth.  Total accident.

 

Flare guns have a safety mechanism.  

 

They sure run a tight ship at that "supportive housing facility".  One guy tortured, later murdered.  Now this murder.

 

Funny how the dead guy had a "common law spouse" but they were given separate units.

 

 

 

In a victim impact statement read by Crown prosecutor Nick Melling, Osmond’s spouse said she feels a “deep physical pain” after losing her partner of 35 years.

“I miss you, Roy. We had a life planned together. We were getting married. Our kids are all grown and our years of hard work were just about to pay off. 

 

 

 

They were both living in a housing unit for homeless people.  What "years of hard work" was she talking about?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 November 2024 - 08:32 AM.

[lanforod]

A convict who became Canada's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.

Tara Desousa, now 43, has applied to Federal Court to overturn a decision by B.C.'s Fraser Valley Institution to deny her "escorted temporary absences" from the federal women's prison.

Desousa, then named Adam Laboucan, was 15 years old in 1997 when she sexually assaulted an infant she was babysitting in Quesnel, B.C. The baby required surgery to repair the injuries.

Desousa, who underwent gender-affirming operations while serving an indefinite sentence, also admitted to drowning a three-year-old boy when she was 11 years old, which the judge in the sexual assault case said was below the age of criminal responsibility.

B.C. Supreme Court Judge Victor Curtis imposed an indefinite sentence and a dangerous-offender designation in 1999 because there was no foreseeable "time span in which Adam Laboucan may be cured."

"In doing so, I do not intend that Mr. Laboucan be kept in prison for many years with no hope for release," the judge wrote of the then-17-year-old.



https://bc.ctvnews.c...leave-1.7094958

We pay for those surgeries? I wonder how the women in the prison feel about this person incarcerated with them.

[Victoria Watcher]

Of course you paid for the surgeries.

[FawltyVic]

Man pleads guilty in flare-gun killing, gets nine years

• Times Colonist
• 2 Nov 2024

A man who put a flare gun in another man’s mouth to intimidate him, fatally injuring him when the flare gun discharged, was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

 

George Thurrott, 59, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday in the death of 59-year-old Royburne Osmond, who died in hospital on March 24, 2020, eight days after the incident in a supportive housing facility in Victoria.

 

Crown prosecutor Chandra Fisher said Osmond lived in the former Tally Ho motel at 3020 Douglas St., as did his common-law spouse, who lived in a separate unit in the building.

 

Thurrott believed Osmond was stealing from him and he wanted to intimidate him to make him stop.

 

Thurrott pinned Osmond against a wall using one arm and with his other hand he grabbed a flare gun, putting the muzzle into Osmond’s mouth, Fisher said.

 

The flare gun discharged and a flare shot into Osmond’s mouth, hitting the back of his throat and “leaving a trail of burning chemicals,” she said.

 

The flare exited Osmond’s mouth and ricocheted into the room and under the door, Fisher said. 

 

Video from the hallway outside the unit that was played in court showed what looked like an explosion inside the room, with a burst of light coming from the unit and smoke pouring into the hall.

 

Staff found Osmond bleeding from the mouth. In a “muffled and slurred voice” he said Thurrott had shot him.

 

Osmond later died in hospital. The wound in his throat had cut off blood supply to almost half of his brain.

 

Thurrott's upbringing in Nova Scotia exposed him to substance misuse, sex work, violence and criminal behaviour. He was sexually abused by his mother’s partner between the ages of three and eight.

 

Thurrott spoke briefly to say he is sorry to Osmond’s family.

 

With credit for time served, Thurrott will spend five years and two months in prison.

 

Brooks said Thurrott’s upbringing gave him very little opportunity to succeed in life. “When I hear those circumstances, I am to some extent somewhat surprised that his criminal record is not longer and more serious than it is”.

 

More: https://www.timescol...e-years-9748144

 

When they arrested Thurrott on April 8, 2022, he was in Mississauga, Ontario.

 

He originally had a plea deal of manslaughter, but Thurrott reneged on this deal and fired his lawyer. Crown went back on the original second-degree murder charge.

 

The only media piece I could find with Osmond's name was this one from 2013:

 

https://rosslandtele...nd-enter-25140/

 

Two Grand Forks men remain in custody facing charges of breaking and entering and possession of stolen property facing an incident in the early morning hours of June 10, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.

 

“Castlegar RCMP officers responded to a residential alarm at just after 4 a.m. in the south end of Castlegar,” she said. “Officers attended the residence and found that entry had been gained and that numerous items seemed to be missing.”

 

Mathew said the two men, 52-year-old Royburne Osmond, and 32-year-old Theodorus Sactouris, were located just down the street, the homeowner’s belongings in their possession. They have been remanded in custody to appear before a judge on June 13.

[Victoria Watcher]

Of course you paid for the surgeries.

You also paid for most of the education of the doctor that certified that this surgery was beneficial.

[Victoria Watcher]

Tally Ho needs more music yoga and crafts maybe.

Or huw about drag queen story hour?

[pontcanna]

CHEK had a story Saturday about the 4 years since the Whiskey Creek Massacre. The RCMP gave a boilerplate statement about the investigation being "open and active", Kelly (below) said that it's hard to understand why the principal target (Shawn McGrath) couldn't have been the only fatality, why all the collateral human and animal victims? She also lamented the lack of mental health care/treatment in the Parksville/Qualicum area. Skye Ryan noted with some irony that the area now appears to be used for backcountry shotgun practice, based on expended shells and informal targets peppered with holes.

Video link: https://cdn.jwplayer...eviews/mSmmfJzL

 

 

[pontcanna]

Man suffers life-threatening injuries after ‘targeted’ shooting in central Nanaimo

Nov 3, 2024 

NANAIMO — Local Mounties, aided by specialized RCMP units, are conducting an investigation after a significant shooting Saturday night.

Just before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, reports of shots being fired were made in the 4200 block of Corunna Ave., by Long Lake.

Staff Sgt. Darwin Tetreault told NanaimoNewsNOW responding officers found a single, adult man with considerable, life-threatening injuries.

“He was taken by air ambulance for major surgery and we’re conducting an investigation. This was a targeted incident and the public is not in any danger.”

 

One person suffered life threatening injuries after a shooting on Saturday evening along Corunna Ave. 

Tetreault was unable to provide a specific age of the victim but noted they’d had past interactions with him.

“...There’s no danger to the public based on the backgrounds of some of the people who were there and what’s happened.”

Police remained on scene through Sunday. 

“While there’s daylight, there’s going to be a significant task to conduct, have to dismantle part of a deck to get some evidence we’ve located there.”

“We’re seeking the public’s assistance with doorbell cameras or reports of suspicious vehicles/persons, or dash cam footage.”

More: https://nanaimonewsn...entral-nanaimo/

[LJ]

Local Mounties, aided by specialized RCMP units, are conducting an investigation after a significant shooting Saturday night.

 

Are there insignificant shootings?

[pontcanna]

Further to the Whiskey Creek CHEK story:

 

Kelly Morris is haunted by what-ifs and a triple murder case on Vancouver Island.

“Every Halloween, it brings back the memory of that place,” said Morris.

Morris, a peer support worker, was planning to deliver supplies to on Halloween night 2020, when RCMP suspect the murders took place.

“Yeah, I avoided it by the skin of my teeth. If I had been there, I wouldn’t be here today,” said Morris in an interview with CHEK News.

So the Qualicum woman wants to see justice for the four people who were there, who, with their four dogs, were all found killed in torched RVs at the scene.  

“I can’t understand why it hasn’t been solved, why no one talks about it,” said Morris.
 
The crime scene at the 3-kilometre mark of Melrose Rd was uncovered by a dirt biker passing through the area on Nov. 1, 2020.  

Sources say that 52-year-old Sean McGrath was the likely target and was living at the off-grid camp at the time.

He had a lengthy record and was facing a drug trafficking charge at the time of his killing. The case was expected to go to trial the following spring.

McGrath’s girlfriend, Shanda Wilson, was his co-accused in that case and was also killed in the triple homicide, along with a third victim that CHEK News has not identified because their family feared for their safety.

 “If they want him (McGrath), get him. Don’t get the rest of them,” said Morris.

The burned-out remains of the victim’s campers, which were set on fire the night of their murders, are still at the remote scene, and when CHEK News visited the area this weekend, it showed evidence it was being used for target practice.

New & substantial amounts of shotgun casings were littered across the grounds, where 3 people died in a hail of bullets.

“I don’t think people care anymore. Just think about somebody with guns that just killed three people.” said Morris.

She’s urging anyone with information on the murders to come forward and bring the community closure.

 

More: https://cheknews.ca/...-later-1222243/

[pontcanna]

-K file domestic

 

Nanaimo man wanted for Assault with a Weapon

Nanaimo, Wanted Warrant

2024-11-04 

File # 2020-20581

The Nanaimo RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 31-year old David Arlen Thomas of Nanaimo, wanted for Assault with a Weapon and for Being Unlawfully in a Dwelling. The charges stem from an incident in June of 2020 in which Thomas allegedly entered a North Nanaimo home, discharged bear spray at an occupant then fled before police arrived.

Although this incident occurred over 4 years ago, investigators are still searching for Thomas and have reason to believe that he is in the Nanaimo area, said R/Cst Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP.

 

David Thomas is an Indigenous man, 5’ 7, 140 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. The picture provided is dated. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Thomas, please call the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345.

Released by:

R/Cst Gary O'Brien
Media Relations Officer
Nanaimo RCMP

[pontcanna]

[pontcanna]

UPDATE: Saanich Police Investigate Carjacking Incident

 

November 4, 2024

 

The Honda Civic involved in the carjacking on October 31, 2024, has been recovered with the assistance of the Sidney/North Saanich RCMP. The vehicle was found in the 1700 block of Swartz Bay Rd. just before 6am on November 2, 2024.

 

The suspect was not with the vehicle, and a K9 search was unsuccessful in locating them.

 

We continue to ask the public for assistance with this investigation. If you were in the area of Saanich Rd. and Oak St around 6:45 pm on October 31, 2024 and have dashcam footage or any other information regarding this incident, please email: MajorCrime@SaanichPolice.ca

 

Additionally, if you were in the area of Swartz Bay Rd. and Wain Rd. between 2am and 6am on November 2, 2024, and have dashcam footage please email: MajorCrime@SaanichPolice.ca

 

File # 24-20441

 

Jason Hallman | Communications Advisor

 

[pontcanna]

Court hears horrific case of bestiality in Qualicum Beach

Nov 4, 2024 

This article contains extremely graphic details depicting sexual abuse of a dog. 

 

NANAIMO — Highly unusual and bewildering behaviour by a man in Qualicum Beach was outlined during shocking and emotionally charged sentencing hearing.

The 34-year-old man who can’t be named in order to protect his children’s identity had his sentencing hearing commence in provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Nov. 4 after earlier pleading guilty to a bestiality charge.

Prosecutor Brett Webber provided an overview of the Crown’s sentencing submissions, featuring a request of up to one year behind bars for the grotesque offence on May 15, 2023.

Webber told court the offender was reported by his then wife to be under their backyard trampoline sexually abusing their dog, an elderly 18 kilogram shepherd mix.

He had lubricant cream on his penis at the time, while the dog had blood on its anus and the animal was covered in lubricant cream.

The wife requested that he leave, and when he refused she called Oceanside RCMP.

At that point the offender admitted to his actions, contending it was the first time he had done that.

The offender told the complainant that he was trying to kill the animal because it was being problematic.

“Mr_____met the officers in the driveway and spontaneously stated ‘I f**ked the dog,'” Webber said.

The offender told police that he had consumed six beers prior to the offence and that police observed him to be cooperative and coherent.

Police noticed the dog’s anus was swollen and covered in lubricant, while the lubricant bottle was found at the crime scene under the trampoline.

Webber stated that there appeared to be a degree of planning the offence, pointing out that the offender ensured his ex was inside the house and the lubricant was arranged.

A veterinarian report stated the dog showed signs of sexual abuse with sustained inflammation and trauma on its anus.

“The impact of psychological trauma will far exceed beyond the duration of the physical experience. It is important to consider the long-term impact of pain and suffering on an animal that has experienced the trauma of sexual abuse,” the vet report stated.

An examination of the animal contained the offender’s DNA.

The maximum penalty for bestiality when the Crown proceeds summarily is up to two years in a provincial jail and $5,000 fine.

The ex wife of the accused, whom she shares two young children with, read out a prepared statement outlining the severe emotional fallout the incident has caused.

The woman who can’t be identified, said what occurred caused her constantly intrusive thoughts and uncontrollable vomiting.

She expanded on the betrayal she felt when, with the police en-route, the offender said that she ruined their lives by phoning police and that she’d regret it.

She said that their children will want to know why their father abruptly left their lives.

The complainant’s statement was interrupted by supporters of the offender who were grumbling amongst themselves.

A shouting match ensued between the two sides, with several members of the gallery on both booted from the court room.

A sheriff threatened participants with arrest.

Adding to the shocking conduct of the offender was an attempt to fire his lawyer Michael Ritzker as the sentencing hearing was about to begin Monday.

Facing the prospect of representing himself (after attempting to fire his lawyer) the offender thought-twice during a morning break and agreed to have Ritzker represent him after all.

The offender had no prior criminal record.

“There’s not one case that deals with the facts of this case, not one…It has it’s own lurid and sensationalistic aspects that are automatically featured just by the charge and by the guilt itself.”

The offender claimed he drank drastically more than he claimed to police, stating he consumed 24 beers, a 26 ounce bottle of fireball and consumed two to three grams of magic mushrooms on the day of the offence.

The amount of substances the offender claimed to have consumed during the late August assessment was not consistent with a person behaving “cooperative” and “coherent” on scene as described by Oceanside RCMP.

The psychological assessment had little to go in terms of unearthing the reasons behind the graphic invasion of a pet dog.

The assessment found the offender had a moderate and mixed presentation of bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and both alcohol and hallucinogen disorders listed as in sustained remission.

Judge Lamperson opted for the psychologist to testify in court to help determine if the offender is a candidate to be deemed not criminally responsible due to mental disorder.

More: https://nanaimonewsn...qualicum-beach/

[Sparky]

Geezus

[lanforod]

Yikes. Looney tunes