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Thunder Bay’s Brayden Bushby, convicted of manslaughter, has day parole revoked after The Parole Board of Canada noted several concerning breaches.
Those include consuming alcohol and getting a Confederate flag tattoo while on day parole.
The Parole Board of Canada said in a hearing held of July 23 that Bushby’s risk to the community has become unmanageable.
He was convicted of manslaughter for throwing a metal trailer hitch from a moving vehicle at two Indigenous women. This resulted in the death of 33-year-old Barbara Kentner. The trailer hitch struck Kentner in the abdomen and the injuries resulted in her death five months later in July 2017.
His eight-year sentence began in December 2020 and was granted a six-month day parole in September 2023. The parole was extended another six months in February.
“Your actions and attitude while in the community are found to be very concerning to the Board,” said the Parole Board during the hearing. “Therefore, the Board is satisfied that your risk in the community did become unmanageable and that your actions were within your own control. As such, the Board revokes your day parole.”
While on day parole, one of Bushby’s conditions was to abstain from alcohol, which was violated. He was heavily intoxicated the night he threw the trailer hitch at Kentner.
Bushby was also involved in a motor vehicle collision while on day parole and charged under the Highway Traffic Act. He failed a breathalyzer test and was in the company of a woman he was not to have contact with under the direction of his case management team.
