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Lee Hanlon | November 23, 2020
In 1993 Steven Frank Laroche murdered Vancouver sex trade worker Vicki Black, a mother of a 5-year old girl. It wasn’t until 2013 that the Vancouver Police were able to link Laroche’s DNA to the crime scene.
In 1997 Laroche was convicted of murdering another sex trade worker in 1996. But this time in Winnipeg. Both cases were similar. For the 1996 murder, Laroche was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 10 years. Makes me wonder just what the Manitoba judge was even thinking about when he/she sentenced Laroche!
Fast forward to November 2020. The Vancouver Police had arrested and charged Laroche for the 1993 murder of Vicki Black. At the time of the 2019 arrest Laroche was on parole for the 1996 murder. Now Laroche is before the BC Supreme Court presided by Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes. The Crown Prosecutor in the 2020 trial was Daniel Mulligan.
Both Crown and the Judge were handling the Laroche case with kid gloves! And just because the 1993 murder was considered to be Laroche’s first offence (but was it really?) Justice Holmes was extremely lenient with Laroche, as was Crown Prosecutor Mulligan.
Another reason why Crown and the courts (including the Manitoba Courts) were lenient on Laroche was because the victims in question were sex trade workers!
Steven Frank Laroche….remember that name. A serial killer in the making!!
When a Crown Prosecutor and a Judge, especially an Associate Chief Justice show no regard for truth in justice, they do not belong as so-called gate-keepers of the Canadian Criminal Justice System.
Justice delayed is absolutely justice denied!!