A former B.C. judge jailed for sex crimes against young girls was denied day parole on Wednesday.
Former B.C. provincial court judge David Ramsay has served three years of his seven-year sentence.
(CBC)
In a written decision, the National Parole Board calls David Ramsay an "untreated sexual offender" who has resisted treatment.
It also says the former provincial judge has "expressed revulsion" toward the girls he attacked.
Brian Chase, a spokesman for the parole board in New Brunswick, said the board members "completed a very careful review of the file material," including statements from victims and Ramsay and the professional opinion of a psychologist.
The board notes that Ramsay has terminal cancer and is expected to die within two years, but still believes he should remain in prison.
In June 2004, Ramsay was sentenced to seven years in prison for one count of breach of trust, one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm and two counts of buying sex from a child. His victims were between the ages of 12 and 17.
At the time of the offences, between 1992 and 2001, Ramsay was a sitting judge in B.C. provincial court.
Having served three years of his seven-year sentence, Ramsay asked the National Parole Board to allow him to live in a halfway house on day parole. He later waived his right to a public parole hearing, in which he would have had to face his victims and their advocates.
Protesters took to the streets in Prince George, B.C., on Monday to voice their concerns about a closed-door parole hearing in Dorchester, N.B., where Ramsay is incarcerated.
