Convicted child killer Allan Schoenborn will be back in front of the B.C. Review Board next month.
Schoenborn has been incarcerated at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam since 2010 after he was found not criminally responsible for murdering his three children.
The annual hearing follows his application in 2014 for escorted community day trips, which was denied after hospital psychiatrist Dr. Marcel Hediger stated Schoenborn had difficulty controlling his anger and that, given his notoriety, he would be at risk in the public.
"I do think it is quite likely there could be a negative incident," Hediger said at the time. "Even in a controlled setting, he still has issues."
Schoenborn killed his three children - 10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon - in his ex-wife's Merritt home. He was found hiding in the woods nearly two weeks later.
Last year, Schoenborn applied for escorted day passes, saying he was making progress with his treatment and anger management, and hoped to "maybe have a swim or a cup of coffee."
He made a similar case at his first review hearing in April 2011, when he asked for day passes so he could go out for coffee and use local recreation facilities.
The request was approved but the intense public outrage prompted Schoenborn to withdraw his application. At the time, the B.C. Review Board said it was unaware that Schoenborn's ex-wife, Darcie Clarke, was living with family in Coquitlam.
Whether Schoenborn will apply for day passes again this year will not be disclosed until his review hearing on Feb. 12. Stacy Galt, Clarke's cousin, will attend on her behalf.
Under the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, or Bill C-14, an individual declared high-risk can have his review board hearings extended from once each year to every three years. If Schoenborn is found to be high-risk at his hearing next month, Crown counsel can request that his next hearing be up to three years from now.
The board's decision would then have to be ratified by a judge.
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