ONTARIO: Karla Homolka Free

Quebec won't make Supreme Court appeal,
but if Homolka steps into Ontario, she'll be busted

Karla Homolka may now be as free as a bird in Quebec.
But Ontario police have been told to clip her wings if she
ever flies back to this province, Ontario's Attorney General
Michael Bryant says. And he believes that cops in every
Canadian province but Quebec have been told the same
thing.
The Quebec Court of Appeal has refused to hear a bid
by prosecutors to have Homolka's release conditions
reinstated. And, today, the Quebec government said that
it won’t appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Bryant said OPP and Niagara police have been told to
seek Homolka's arrest if they see her.
Bryant expressed sympathy for Homolka's victims and vowed
that he will not rest until all legal avenues are pursued.
"This is not over," he said. "If we have any evidence that she
steps into the province of Ontario, we would obtain a warrant
for her arrest.
"If the warrant was provided, she would be detained, we
would bring a recognizance order against her ... and seek
the kinds of conditions that we sought last spring in
... Quebec."
Homolka is free of legal shackles after three judges with
Quebec's appeal court unanimously ruled that Quebec
Superior Court Justice James Brunton made no legal errors
when he struck down 14 restrictions put upon her by a lower
court before her July 5 prison release.
The conditions were placed upon her under Section 810.2 of
the Criminal Code.
Homolka, 35, served all 12 years of a sentence she received
as part of a plea bargain for her role in her ex-husband
Paul Bernardo's sex slayings of Kristen French 15, and
Leslie Mahaffy, 14, and the fatal drug rape of Homolka's
youngest sister.
Bryant wants to review yesterday's ruling before deciding if
he'll press Quebec to appeal to the Supreme Court of
Canada.
Toronto lawyer Tim Danson said the "devastated" French
and Mahaffy families have already made up their minds
and they will immediately ask Bryant, Ontario Premier
Dalton McGuinty and the Quebec government to lodge an
appeal.
Danson said that given Homolka's background, her
relationship with imprisoned killer Jean-Paul Gerbet
"alone" should be enough to support severe conditions.
Homolka's lawyer, Sylvie Bordelais, said Homolka is
pleased there will be no restrictions and hopes the case
doesn't go to the Supreme Court.
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http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2005/12/07/1342297-sun.html