Dennis Cheeseman waits in the cafeteria in the law courts in Edmonton, Alberta on Monday January 19, 2009. Cheeseman, one of two men convicted in the deaths of four Alberta Mounties, has decided not to apply for early parole.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jimmy Jeong
March 22, 2013 - 8:59 AM
EDMONTON - One of two men convicted in the deaths of four Alberta Mounties has decided not to apply for early parole.
A hearing for Dennis Cheeseman before the National Parole Board was scheduled for next month.
Board spokeswoman Michelle Goring says Cheeseman has requested the review be cancelled.
Cheeseman and his brother-in-law, Shawn Hennessey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving gunman James Roszko a rifle and a ride the night before he ambushed the officers near Mayerthorpe in 2005.
Cheeseman was sentenced to seven years and two months and is eligible for statutory release in November.
Hennessey was sentenced to 10 years and four months and applied for early parole last year, but was denied.
He is eligible for statutory release in 2015.
Roszko killed himself after he was shot and wounded by another Mountie.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2013