He refused sex offender counselling until he was out of prison and living in a halfway house, Colford said.
Sinclair is not a risk to commit an offence like that,” O’Gorman told Madden.Ĭolford pointed out Sinclair could have taken it upon himself to keep up with counselling, but had chosen not to, despite acknowledging issues with alcohol and having been charged with crimes with sexual overtones. O’Gorman insisted the judge should place little weight on the details of the charges for which Sinclair was acquitted in Halifax, but recognized they can’t be ignored completely. “After I did programming (in custody), it brought me to the realization that I don’t have the right to be out there violating people, harming people.” Sinclair had to say in his testimony.”Įarlier this month, Sinclair took the stand, telling Judge Mike Madden he had turned his life around. “If you’re going to ask what’s going to happen in the next 12 months, look at the last 12 months,” O’Gorman said.
“He’s certainly been vilified,” O’Gorman said, adding Sinclair has completed all treatment measures offered and suggested to him by corrections officials. Since then, defence lawyer Ellen O’Gorman said Friday, Sinclair has been subject to police officers stationed outside his home, surveillance cameras, knocks on his door in the middle of the night by officers confirming he is abiding by his curfew and intense media scrutiny. Sinclair moved back to this province in February 2017 and police began legal proceedings shortly thereafter, with the court giving Sinclair 15 conditions by which he must abide pending the outcome. Police say, however, the break-in had a “voyeuristic aspect” to it and believe Sinclair intended to watch a woman as she slept. He had also been accused of five counts of voyeurism in connection with the Halifax “sleepwatcher” case, but was acquitted. Sinclair’s most recent conviction was in February 2013, when he was given a five-year jail term (minus a year credit) for a break-in in Halifax. They say he’s a danger to commit a “serious personal injury offence” against a woman and want him to abide by certain conditions for one year, to “keep him and to keep the community safe.” He does have an extensive criminal history, however: 30 convictions, including multiple break-ins, a sexual assault, trespassing at night and being unlawfully in a dwelling, and it’s for this reason police want the preventative order. “Perhaps the reason we haven’t had any further issues is because he has been under conditions and close surveillance and he’s aware of that,” prosecutor Jennifer Colford said.Ĭolford, on behalf of the RNC, is seeking a rare type of peace bond against Sinclair, who has no current charges before the court. That’s exactly the point, the Crown countered. The similarity is that entry was gained through an unlocked door,” said Palmeter.In the 14 months Barry Sinclair has been living under restrictions placed on him by the court, he has abided by them all without a single issue, his lawyer told the court Friday. “The other cases were all university women and in this case it was a family dwelling, so this is a little different. Normally it’s difficult to get an accurate description of a suspect when a victim wakes up, but in this case, Palmeter said, the witness was very helpful in providing information. He walked into the bedroom of a young woman who shared the house with her parents and sibling. Then on May 1, a man broke into a family residence on Edinburgh Street in Halifax’s west end. “There wasn’t enough information to charge that individual with that offence,” Palmeter said.
Last fall, a man who matched the description was arrested minutes after another reported sleep-watching incident. “Until we make an arrest, I don’t think we can say if they’re linked or not,” he said.īetween September 2008 and September 2009, 15 female university students in south-end Halifax reported a man snuck in through an unlocked door or window to watch them sleep. Brian Palmeter said there are some subtle differences - like age and height descriptions - between the two suspects. A sketch released yesterday of a sleepwatcher who woke a young woman earlier this month bears a striking resemblance to a man who watched several university women sleep last year.īut Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const.
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