SASKATOON – Child-killer Sandy Charles says he wants to be transferred to Saskatchewan Hospital at some point within a year.
Charles made the claim in a Saskatoon provincial courtroom Wednesday, appearing in front of a review board via video from the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC), where he is currently incarcerated.
In 1995, a 14-year-old Charles and an 8-year old accomplice killed a 7-year-old boy in La Ronge, Sask. after stabbing the boy with a knife and beating him to death with a beer bottle and a rock. Charles cut off strips of the boy’s flesh and cooked them. He claimed he was inspired by a horror movie and was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Charles has spent the majority of his time in custody at RPC but was transferred to Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford, Sask. last year. He was later transferred back to RPC after behaviour issues, which he said were on purpose because he wanted to leave the facility.
RPC operates as both a hospital and a penitentiary with similar security to a maximum security facility, while Saskatchewan Hospital is a psychiatric rehabilitation centre.
A representative from the Saskatchewan Hospital said Charles would have to adhere to more rigid institutional rules if he was going to be successful at the facility. Experts on the review board questioned Charles, asking him how he would approach this transfer differently.
Charles stated that he was “working on” his behaviour issues, specially mentioning his anger problem, and that he has attempted to socialize more with other RPC inmates.
He said he wants to be transferred to Saskatchewan Hospital so he can go through the process of eventually being released to the public.
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