Bernardo confesses to more sex assaults
Last Updated: Feb 21 2006 08:56 AM EST
Convicted sex killer Paul Bernardo confessed last fall
to at least 10 more sexual assaults, his lawyer says.
Tony Bryant says Bernardo made the admissions in a
letter he gave to Bryant last October, and that Bryant
turned the letter over to police in November.
Bryant said Bernardo didn't tell him why he was
admitting to the crimes so many years after the fact.
However, he noted that the admissions were made as
debate was raging about the release from prison of
Karla Homolka, his ex-wife and co-defendant.
"Given all the resurgence of interest with Karla's release
from prison, that may have been the trigger," Bryant said.
"I can't say for certain, but that's what was the impetus
behind all of this."
Homolka spent 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to
manslaughter in the abduction and killings of teenagers
Kristin French and Leslie Mahaffy.
She was released in July 2005 after serving her full
sentence.
As part of her controversial plea bargain, Homolka
testified against her former husband.
She also told police that Bernardo had claimed to have
sexually assaulted as many as 30 women.
Bernardo was sentenced in 1995 to life in prison for
the French and Mahaffy killings.
After his trial, he confessed to 14 additional sexual assaults.
He was also declared a dangerous offender, meaning
he will be kept in prison indefinitely.
LINK:
http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/print/to_bernardo20060221
One of Canada's notorious killers is in the news again.
He most likely felt left out of the uproar over his
ex-wife's famous recent prison release.
She is being watched and has been reported to have
applied for a passport.
Hopefully their days of fame are over.
This is one case that IMHO deserved the death penalty.
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