Victims’ Families Urge Parole Board to Keep ‘Sadistic’ Killer Bernardo Behind Bars

Victims’ Families Urge Parole Board to Keep ‘Sadistic’ Killer Bernardo Behind Bars
La Macaza Institution, a medium security correctional facility is seen in La Macaza, Que., on Nov. 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
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The mothers of two teenage girls who were tortured and murdered by Paul Bernardo made emotional pleas at a Parole Board of Canada hearing Tuesday to keep the notorious killer and rapist behind bars, as he makes his third attempt to secure a release.

Bernardo, who was designated a dangerous offender, is serving an indeterminate life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Kristen French and 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, Ont.