TORONTO – The Parole Board of Canada says a Toronto woman serving a life sentence for the murder of her seven-year-old stepson will be allowed to leave prison for a supervised visit with her father.
Marcia Dooley and her husband Edward (Tony) Dooley were convicted of second-degree murder in 2002 for the death of Tony’s son Randal.
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The boy endured months of brutal physical abuse – most of it at the hands of Marcia Dooley – after he and his brother moved from Jamaica to Toronto to live with their father and stepmother in 1997, court records show.
Less than a year after arriving in the Dooley’s home, Randal was dead.
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At hearing Friday morning, a parole board panel granted Dooley’s request for an escorted temporary absence from prison to visit her 75-year-old father in east Toronto.
It ruled that Dooley, who is currently serving her sentence in a minimum security facility in Gravenhurst, Ont., will be allowed out for eight hours, including a four hour visit with her recently widowed father plus travel time, under the constant supervision of correctional service officer.
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