A Prince Edward Island man who beat his common-law wife to death in 2000 will be released next month under strict conditions.
The National Parole Board has ordered Fred Sheppard to stay away from alcohol and report all relationships with women to his parole officer.
It's not known whether he will return to the Island when he gets his statutory release on May 20.
Sheppard, 42, of Cardigan, beat Kimberley Ann Byrne to death while in a drunken rage in December 2000. He attacked her with his hands and feet while their young son was in the house.
In 2001, Sheppard pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The charge was reduced from second-degree murder because the court ruled Sheppard was too drunk to know what he was doing.
Sheppard was first granted parole in 2004, but was returned to prison the next year after violating his release conditions by drinking.
In August 2008, the National Parole Board revoked Sheppard's day parole after he was found intoxicated and harassing a woman.
Sheppard was returned to an Alberta prison after police found him harassing a woman in downtown Edmonton in May 2008. Sheppard swore at police and tried to punch one of the officers.
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