The Parole Board of Canada has decided to revoke the statutory release of Randall Hopley.
Hopley had been serving an 18 month sentence for breaching his supervision order after fleeing his Vancouver halfway house and triggering a 10-day manhunt.
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In Canada, statutory release is typically given after serving 2/3 of your sentence.
Hopley is a high-risk sex offender who was under a supervision order for kidnapping a three-year-old Sparwood boy from his bedroom in 2011.
He left prison on statutory release on May 22 and was directed to reside at a halfway house in Vancouver.
However, he refused direction of his parole officer, left the halfway house and was immediately arrested.
Since then, his statutory release has been suspended pending a review.
The parole board has revoked the statutory release, so Hopley will have to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
Once he is released later this year he will still be subject to a number of conditions.
That includes having to reside at a designated community-based residential facility or psychiatric facility, a internet restriction, pornography restriction, curfew and a no contact order with any victims or children.
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