VANCOUVER — Newly released court documents involving the man accused of kidnapping a B.C. boy present a disturbing snapshot of a high-risk sex offender.
Randall Hopley was convicted in 1985 of sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy and a psychiatric report leading up to his prison release warned he could offend again. He was sentenced to two years in prison.
The report prepared by Dr. J.A. Noone, said Hopley, then 21 years old, refused sex offender treatment and wasn’t a suitable candidate for other treatment programs.
“I see him as a high risk to reoffend unless he is in a supervised setting. I do not see that there are viable treatment possibilities for him, if released.”
Noone said Hopley, who had an IQ well below average, was one of those people who seemed to have fallen between the cracks of various support agencies.
The report was written just one month before his mandatory release date of Jan. 6, 1987. But justice officials wanted to keep Hopley in prison until the end of his term, citing his high risk to children.
A Parole Board document in the court file attempts to support the revocation of Hopley’s mandatory supervision.
“Psychiatric reports indicate that without treatment, he is likely to reoffend. Hopley has received no treatment while incarcerated,” the Nov. 28, 1986 document stated.
His sentence also included three years of probation and an order that he have no contact with children under the age of 12, unless in the company of a suitable adult.
Hopley is undergoing a psychiatric assessment ahead of facing allegations that he abducted three-year-old Kienan Hebert from his bed in Sparwood.
Hopley has not been charged with sex offences in Hebert’s abduction, which sparked an Amber Alert.
The boy was returned Sept. 11 to his home, physically unharmed, four days after was abducted.
Hopley was arrested two days later just over the Alberta boundary, near Crowsnest Pass.
After his first court appearance last week, his lawyer said Hopley client had a story to tell that would come out in court.
Lawyer William Thorne said Hopley was very sad and sorry about the situation he was in, suggesting his client might be under a suicide watch.
Hopley was to have been in court in Pincher Creek, Alta., next Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on 12 unrelated charges dating back to May 2010 in Crowsnest Pass.