Crown may ask for dangerous offender status for B.C. child abductor | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Subscribe

Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?

Current Conditions Mostly Cloudy  22.4°C

Crown may ask for dangerous offender status for B.C. child abductor

Randall Hopley covers his face as he is taken into his sentencing hearing the courthouse in Cranbrook, B.C. in this photo taken Wednesday, July 18, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Crown says it will apply for a 60-day psychiatric assessment to determine whether B.C. child abductor Randall Hopley should be designated a dangerous or long-term offender.

Hopley covered his face as he arrived at a courthouse in Cranbrook, B.C., for a sentencing hearing.

The 46-year-old has already admitted to abducting three-year-old Kienan Hebert from the boy's home in Sparwood, B.C., last September.

Hebert was returned unharmed four days later and Hopley was arrested a few days afterwards.

Crown Prosecutor Lynal Doerksen says the sentencing hearing will see a three-hour video of Hopley talking about what happened during the abduction.

Hopley pleaded guilty to abduction of a person under 14 and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence, though the Crown stayed a charge of kidnapping.

News from © The Canadian Press, 2012
The Canadian Press

  • Popular kamloops News
View Site in: Desktop | Mobile