No Day Parole For Ramsay

By 250 News

        Former Provincial Court Judge David Ramsay will not be getting day  parole.

(At left, former Provincial Court Judge David Ramsay as he entered  courthouse in Prince George for sentencing, photo opinion250 file)

The  reasons   cover  4 pages,  "It is a very complex file" says the National Parole Board's Atlantic Regional Director Brian Chase.  He adds  one of the two to conduct the review is the  acting Vice Chair of the National Parole Board, Pat O’Brien.

According to the Parole Board's papers, Ramsay's application for parole was based on "humanitarian grounds".  In the  application to the Parole Board,  it is disclosed that the now 64 year old Ramsay has recently been diagnosed with  terminal cancer.

Ramsay served 3 years of his seven year sentence for breach of trust, and  sex crimes involving young prostitutes in Prince George. Some of his  victims  were between the ages of 12 and 17.   Ramsay knew their  age as they had appeared before him in court on other matters, so their complete files  were at his disposal.

The offences took place beteen 1992  and 2001 .

The Board says  Ramsay's decision  to  cancel the public hearing  upset a  great many people who had wanted to make victim  impact statements, but the Board adds it  has reviewed all of the victims statements "Further it has reviewed extensive police investigative files that serve to play out the struggle many victims experienced coming forward  with their concerns and fears.  There is a disservice to victims when the misinformed suggest that the Board does not  take a victim's perspective into account."

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