The family of the Granby martyr girl, who was abducted several hours before her death in 2019, fear the father could be paroled from March 8.
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More than a year after the Trois-Rivières court found guilty, the 33-year-old will have served a third of his four-year sentence after his arrest, including his three-month pre-trial detention in 2019.
In an interview with TVA Nouvelles on Thursday, the little victim’s grandmother said the family was outraged at the idea that the father could enjoy partial freedom.
“We can’t get over it. He had already spoken to attorneys to have the charges dropped, including criminal negligence resulting in death. After a year he wants to be free. It’s incredible. Unacceptable.”
The judiciary sometimes takes such decisions in order to count on the social reintegration of convicts, provided that they do not pose a risk to society in any way. In that sense, the family does not believe that he is entitled to this kind of preferential treatment.
“Fuck it all! I’m not at all convinced. He has his other son who is feared to have contact with him since the DPJ has allowed him to visit him in prison. We didn’t agree, but the DPJ decided.
“I have no right of contact because Monsieur doesn’t want that and I don’t have the right to see my grandson. This end-to-end inconsistency in this file.
The grandmother even says she wrote a letter to Quebec Court Judge Pascale Berardino, as well as “to all the attorneys and all the DPJ staff concerned” to take care of the other two children.
“My letter was put aside. She wasn’t important because he refused.
As they wait to find out if the father can be paroled, the family still lives in a mix of anger and sadness. Even if there is no guarantee that the father will find a certain leniency in the sentence pronounced.
“We feel unfair. He always missed the nets of justice after molesting a child. That he serves (only) one year is just laughing at the world, laughing at us and laughing at the little one who died.
“It hurts. This is unacceptable and extremely painful. The mother is the same. She worries about her son and everything else,” she concludes.
Above is the interview with the Granby Martyr Girl’s grandmother.