A killer and rapist who terrorized Southern Ontario in will be released from prison without an escort to attend a day community re-integration program in a residential facility on Vancouver Island. John Cody, 63, who used to be named Peter John Peters, still presents a moderate to high risk of engaging in violent and sexual crimes, the Parole Board of Canada concluded in a Feb.
Cody has received excellent marks in many programs, has no recent record of problems in prison, and has received daily passes to work on a construction team outside the prison for almost a year without concern, the parole board noted. Cody has to report into the residential facility daily and is under a 10 p. They continue to feel the grief, loss and harm even decades later. Cody began a crime spree with the Jan. Two days later, he fatally assaulted a Toronto parking attendant, Albert Philips, 63, and the same day kidnapped, beat and stabbed Sandy Bellows-DeWolfe in St.
Cody had taken her to woodlot in Brant County where her life was saved by axe-wielding retired police officer Al Pike. On the lam, Cody also threatened to kill another woman, threatened two other people at gunpoint and stole their cars, and robbed a bank.
He was caught at a roadblock in Sault Ste. Marie in late January and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. Cody had sex with school staff, eventually had more than sexual partners and lived with about 20 women, the board said.
It also denied day parole a year later. But Cody continued taking counselling, which he pays for himself, and completed vocational programs and certifications for construction work, the parole board said. In May , Cody began working with a construction company under a release that was extended in November for another six months, the parole board said in its latest ruling.
