Day parole revoked for man who killed Indigenous woman with trailer hitch

Canadian Press  01/08/2024  The Parole Board of Canada has sent Brayden Bushby back to jail, revoking the release granted to the man convicted of killing an Indigenous woman by throwing a trailer hitch at her from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bushby, now 25, was sentenced in 2021 to eight years in prison for the 2017 manslaughter of 34-year-old Barbara Kentner and granted day parole last year, which allowed him to live at his mother’s home. The parole board says it found Bushby had violated several terms of his day release, including a condition not to consume alcohol, noting that he failed a breathalyzer test during a traffic stop. The board’s report also says Bushby failed to remain at the scene of a collision in which he reversed…

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