Serial killer Dellen Millard, who murdered Tim Bosma, Laura Babcock, moved to medium-security prison
Serial killer Dellen Millard has been moved from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security facility in Ontario, CBC News has learned.
The news has left the families of the pair’s victims — Hamilton man Tim Bosma and Toronto woman Laura Babcock — reeling and demanding answers as to why such a move would occur, given the severity of Millard and Smich’s crimes and the amount of time left on their sentences.
Bosma’s widow, Sharlene, and his parents, Hank and Mary, said in a joint statement to CBC News that they were disgusted to learn of Millard’s move to medium security this fall, following Smich's move years earlier.
“If a three-time convicted 1st-degree murderer is rewarded for ‘good behaviour’ in the Canadian penal system and moved to a lower security prison, who then is filling the maximum security prisons? White collar criminals?” the statement reads. “Does our government really see them as the largest threat to society's safety?”
“Such a move by our ‘justice’ system is an abhorrent transgression, offending all manner of common sense.”
Linda Babcock, Laura’s mother, told CBC News in an interview that these moves have done nothing but reopen old wounds and disrupt her family’s peace of mind.
“We’re right back to where we were at the start, honestly,” she said. “I would like to see people that have done these violent crimes serve their full time where they should be — in maximum security.”
