A serial rapist who randomly stalked and attacked women on the streets of Montreal 12 years ago is still too dangerous to be released, authorities have decided, finding he targeted female employees even while in custody.
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“You persist in oppositional, even hostile, behavior, particularly toward women, which is concerning given the nature of your criminal history,” the Parole Board of Canada decision said. [CLCC] about Jacques Groleau.
Groleau, a 62-year-old repeat offender from Montreal nicknamed the “prosthetic rapist,” has been in custody since he was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2011 for five rapes between 2008 and 2010 on the streets of Plateau Mont-Royal and followed them to their homes to to sexually harass her.
“One of them was handcuffed during the attack,” the CLCC recalled. One of them fought and managed to alert the neighbors.”
Problems with women
In that attack, Groleau lost his dentures, allowing authorities to find his DNA. And since he was a repeat offender who had already been convicted of another series of rapes in the 1980s, he was handcuffed.
Although authorities hoped he would calm down in prison, it appears the results are still pending more than a decade later. The situation has reportedly gotten even worse, so much so that the statement went from “somewhat needs improvement” to “much needs improvement.”
As far as his relationship with the women he meets, i.e. correctional officers, his behavior remains “problematic,” according to the CLCC.
“There are aggressive attitudes, masturbatory behavior,” the decision reads. Specifically, you threw a bowl at a correctional officer, knocked on a door, and broke a window.”
A rare positive point: Groleau refrained from using drugs while in prison.
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In March 2021, Groleau was legally released, but his attitude toward female staff in the House of Representatives and his obsession with associating with women led to the revocation of his freedom.
And this time it couldn't be about taking any further risks, the commissioners decided and recalled the danger of the rapist, who was also declared a “long-term offender”.
“In the absence of intensive work on your concerns and an openness to working with your stakeholders, the Commission does not consider it possible to grant you voluntary release,” the commissioners concluded, rejecting his full parole.
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