HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia man who killed his fiancée has had his day parole revoked after just five months.
James Leroy Leopold was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison after the death of Laura Lee Robertson in 2012.
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During his trial, the court heard Leopold told police he and Robertson got into a fight and that she died after he hit her in the throat.
Following a hearing in May of 2015, Leopold was granted six months of day parole by the Parole Board of Canada.
In their decision, the board noted that Leopold is at a high risk of violence towards a partner.
The parole board imposed a number of conditions on Leopold including not to consume, purchase or possess alcohol.
He was also to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim’s family, follow psychological counselling and report all intimate sexual and non-sexual relationships and friendships with females to his parole supervisor.
According to documents obtained by Global News, in late August, another offender at the halfway house Leopold was living at, was found to be in a state “other than normal.”
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A search of the man’s belongings turned up an envelope with Leopold’s name on it, scratched out. The envelope contained thirteen hydromorphone pills.
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The parole board says at the time, Leopold was the only resident of the halfway house who had a prescription for that medicine. His medicine box was searched and turned up four days worth of medication was unaccounted for.
The incident resulted in Leopold’s release being suspended.
A few days after this incident, his parole officer received a telephone call from a female who identified herself as Leopold’s girlfriend, and informed the officer that the pair had met online a month prior.
Parole documents say Leopold denied the pills found were his and denied he met a woman a month earlier, instead insisting they had only physically met the day of his suspension.
The board says Leopold has a history of involving himself “in an intimate relationship with females and adopting aggressive and violent behaviours” and concluded his “level of risk to society has increased to a point where it is undue to society.”
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