Repeat sex offender Taylor Dueck pleaded guilty on December 30 to an incident involving a minor in Kelowna, British Columbia.
According to the British Columbia Prosecution Service, Dueck pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a person under the age of 16 for an incident that occurred in a washroom at a Kelowna equestrian facility on February 9, 2024.
Dueck was sentenced to two years less a day, but due to time served, he will spend the next 240 days in prison, followed by a three-year probation order.
Dueck also pleaded guilty to violating probation.
“Once he is under house arrest, how can the public have any assurance that he will be properly monitored when the government has not come back and commented on the failure of monitoring first location,” said Amelia Boultbee of the Department of Children and Families. Development Critic and Member of Parliament for Penticton-Summerland.
At the time of the assault, Dueck was under the supervision of a service provider contracted by Community Living BC. It appears the supervisor was sitting in a car during the assault.
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Last year, Prime Minister David Eby criticized the CLBC for its lack of involvement in Dueck’s case.
“It was a huge lapse in judgment on the part of CLBC, to take responsibility for someone with a criminal record like this,” Eby said.
“For them to outsource this responsibility to a blatantly negligent and incompetent subcontractor. »
Community Living BC told Global News: “The agency’s contractual status with CLBC remains under review and they are not receiving new service contracts until further notice. »
“The agency will remain under review and will not be assigned any new cases until it achieves three-year accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. If the agency fails to do so, CLBC could consider terminating its contracts.
Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Gary Begg released the investigation’s findings Friday afternoon, saying there was no evidence of systemic problems in B.C.’s corrections and police policies and procedures. was found.
As a result of these findings, the Office of Investigations and Standards issued five recommendations that BC Corrections and CLBC establish a memorandum of understanding when working jointly with CLBC-designated clients on community supervision orders.
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