The Parole Board of Canada has imposed special conditions on two men serving federal sentences for an armed holdup of a Prince George convenience store as part of their statutory releases.
Both Donovan Carter-Laliberte and Wilfred Patrick Prince must return to their residential facility each night.
"Leave privileges are not authorized as you are still assessed as having high need in addressing your risk factors, you have a history of violence and the use of weapons and you have not made gains in addressing this," parole board member says in a December 2 decision for Carter-Laliberte.
As for Prince, his overnight leave privileges are restricted.
"Your performance history under supervision is poor and during the current sentence you showed impulsivity and lack of problem-solving skills," said a board member in a separate December 7 decision.
Both were sentenced in September 2018 to a further 3 1/2 years, or six years less credit for time served, for the December 2016 incident at a 7-11 at First Avenue and Tabor Boulevard. A third man, Andrew Dane Gifford, was sentenced to a further 2 1/2 years or five years less credit for time served.
While wearing a hockey goalie mask Carter-Laliberte pointed a handgun loaded with blanks at a clerk's face while Prince prevented a woman from entering the store by pointing a can of bear spray at her as Gifford held the door open.
The trio made off in a stolen minivan that RCMP tracked down later that night. They have remained in custody since their arrests.
The parole board members were critical of the performances of Carter-Laliberte and Prince while they have been behind bars, saying they have made little if any gain in addressing their risk factors.
Carter-Laliberte has been accepted by some halfway houses on Vancouver Island and Prince has been accepted by two in the Lower Mainland.
With the exception of those serving life or indeterminate sentences, statutory release is mandated by law after an inmate has served two-thirds of a sentence, if full parole was not already granted. Those who breach their conditions can be returned to prison and see their statutory release revoked for the remainder of their sentence.
