Ontario Attorney-General Michael Bryant said Monday that his government would seek the strictest conditions possible on Karla Homolka after the woman is released from prison this summer.
Ms. Homolka is on the verge of completing the last of a 12-year sentence she received after striking a bargain on charges related to the sex assaults and slayings of schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. She said she was a victim of her husband, Paul Bernardo, and that he was the perpetrator of the crimes.
Only after the deal was finalized did videotapes emerge that, according to those who have seen them, seem to show her as a willing participant in the attacks.
She is serving her sentence at Joliette prison in Quebec, and Mr. Bryant said Monday that he will urge a judge in that province to impose restrictions on her behaviour.
Ms. Homolka has rejected all opportunities for parole and should thus, in normal circumstances, be a completely free person upon her release. But Mr. Bryant said his government will try to use a specific section of the Criminal Code to limit her actions.
Section 810 of the Code allows the courts to reduce the freedoms of citizens when it is feared that they will commit a criminal offence.
The recognizance, if ordered, will contain various conditions that are designed to help prevent the commission of another offence, Mr. Bryant said.
Ms. Homolka has learned French in prison, and there have been reports of her forming a relationship with a Quebecker, leading to speculation that she will settle in that province.
As envisioned by Mr. Bryant, though, the recognizance order will be applicable to any province where she might end up.
Mr. Bernardo has been classified a dangerous offender and is serving an indefinite sentence.
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