Convicted killer receives 18 months probation for pair of Vancouver bank window-smashing sprees – BC | 24CA News
A convicted killer from Alberta has been sentenced to 18 months probation in reference to a pair of downtown Vancouver financial institution vandalism sprees.
Court information point out Curtis George McCallum, 48, pleaded responsible in Downtown Community Court on Dec. 12 to 2 counts of mischief to property over $5,000.
McCallum was captured on video smashing the home windows of the identical TD financial institution department at Hastings and Abbott streets on the sting of Gastown twice in 5 weeks.
The Court heard the harm from the Sept. 12 and Oct. 19 vandalism incidents is estimated at upwards of $300,000.
McCallum’s felony historical past dates again to 1992 in Edmonton.
In 2009, he was sentenced to 9 years in jail for manslaughter and aggravated assault within the Christmas Eve 2006 killing of his aunt and the stabbing of her common-law husband.
McCallum was held underneath the Mental Health Act and ordered to bear a psychiatric evaluation when he appeared in court docket on Oct. 24.
At the time, Crown, mentioned McCallum dedicated the expensive mischief as a result of “he doesn’t have shelter.”
