Paroled Terrorist Ashton Larmond: Strict Oversight

0:00It's April 22, from your city to your ears this is Canada News Today, powered by AI. An Ottawa man named Ashton Larmand, now 35, just got paroled after serving two-thirds of his 17-year sentence for an ISIS-linked, Terrorism Conviction. The parole board admits he still holds extremist views and poses a public safety risk, but they're letting him out with strict oversight anyway. He's shown some progress through prison programs and counseling, yet the board flag a recent fight, where he punched another inmate, broke his nose, proving he's still quick to turn violent. Now he faces heavy conditions like phone and money monitoring, mandatory treatment and living in an approved community or psych facility for the rest of his term. Back in summer 2013, cops intercepted his chats with a buddy who joined ISIS overseas and Larmand said he wanted in two. His own mom even called police that September, warning her son was set on killing for terrorists. He got busted in January 2015 near Ottawa, right as his twin brother Carlos tried flying out for Montreal towards Syria.

1:03Ashton pled guilty to pushing others toward terrorist acts, while Carlos took seven years for trying to join a terror group. The bus came from an RCMP undercover op, called Project Slipstream, nabbing a third guy too. Larmand talks about jobs and food service or hardware, plus fundraising for suffering Muslims, but the board sees low odds of him fitting back in. Society without a solid plan. With these controls in place, they're betting he won't slip up and endanger folks again.