Killer former B.C. pharmacist granted day parole 1 year after prison sentence began

A erstwhile Vernon, B.C., pharmacist who killed his partner aft accusing her of stealing narcotics from his safe will beryllium connected time parole conscionable a twelvemonth aft starting his situation sentence.

Shaun Wiebe, 46, was sentenced to 3 years and 5 months of situation successful June 2023 for nan 2018 manslaughter decease of  Heather Barker. Earlier this period nan Parole Board of Canada granted him partial merchandise for a six-month period, while denying afloat parole.

Conditions relating to his newly-regained freedoms see having to unrecorded successful a community-based residential installation connected Vancouver Island arsenic good arsenic sobriety, abstinence from steroids and family unit treatment.

Otherwise, he will beryllium mostly free to effort commencement his life again, regain his career, aliases find a caller one.  He’s indicated electrician activity would clasp immoderate appeal.

“After weighing nan aggravating and mitigating factors …the committee is very mindful of nan quality of (his) scale offence and nan harm caused, arsenic good arsenic (his) history of friendly partner violence, nan committee finds he has made capable advancement to move to nan organization nether a highly system and intimately monitored time parole release,” sounds nan decision.

The committee besides recovered that time parole is nan slightest restrictive determination accordant pinch nan protection of society. It’s a important displacement for nan man who nan parole committee said still needs building and support and has a history of home abuse.

The quality of Wiebe’s last enactment of maltreatment against Barker was highlighted during his 2023 sentencing. Said to beryllium connected steroids and different injectables,  Wiebe knocked Barker nan ground  connected March 15, 2018, for allegedly stealing narcotics from his  pharmacy’s safe.

He said nan past point he remembered was Barker saying “Stop it, you’re going to extremity up killing me.”

Her words turned retired to beryllium prophetic.

As she laic connected nan ground, beaten, he called a family personnel and told them Barker had been breathing “weird” earlier stopping altogether.

He called 911 and was instructed to execute CPR, which he did, past Barker was taken to nan infirmary successful an ambulance.

She was successful a coma and died nan pursuing time erstwhile life support was removed. She had galore injuries, including bruising, surgery ribs and encephalon injuries.

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During a “Mr. Big” operation, nan parole committee said Wiebe told nan undercover serviceman that he had grabbed nan unfortunate by her hair, thrown her to nan ground, jumped connected her, and many times struck her caput connected nan floor.

These days he doesn’t wholly work together pinch nan charismatic type of nan offence and claims Barker wouldn’t fto her handbag you fto it spell and she fell backwards and deed her head.

He’s besides claimed that connected nan nighttime of nan offence, Barker sent him a matter connection stating she had deed her caput connected tub.

That said, he yet acknowledged his engagement successful nan offence and accepted his sentence.

The study by nan Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability recovered that nan number of killings of women and girls successful Canada was up 27 per cent successful 2022 compared pinch earlier nan pandemic successful 2019.

The report, which looks astatine nan number of killings of women and girls from 2018 to 2022, showed that much than 850 women and girls had mislaid their lives. In 83 per cent of cases, nan accused slayer was male.

For those experiencing violence, location is free, confidential support provided by Archway Society for Domestic Peace, formerly nan Vernon Women’s Transition Society.

For anyone seeking information, support, aliases resources, please contact http://www.archwaysociety.ca or telephone 250-558-3850.