Girl’s kidnapper, attacker denied parole
A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in Ontario 10 years ago has been denied parole.
The Parole Board of Canada turned down Stanley Tippett’s request for day and full parole after finding he remains an “untreated sexual offender” who continues to deny his offences.
“It is the board’s opinion that you will present an undue risk to society if released,” the board wrote in its decision to Tippett. “Contrary to what you say, the board finds that you lack accountability.”
Tippett, 42, was convicted in 2009 on seven counts, including sexual assault and kidnapping, after his 2008 attack on the girl.
The parole board recounted that Tippett had come across three intoxicated girls in Peterborough, Ont., and offered to help, picking up two of them in his van. He then dropped one girl off, telling her he was taking the 12-year-old to hospital, but instead drove to a wooded area behind a school, the board’s decision said.
A witness heard screams and an officer later found the girl stumbling in the area, naked from the waist down, the parole board said.
Tippett told police and a court that he had been carjacked at gunpoint while he was taking the girl to hospital, which the parole board said was a fabrication.
The parole board also noted that Tippett tried to present his offences at a recent hearing “in a positive light.”
In 2011, Tippett was declared a dangerous offender with an indeterminate sentence. He can be jailed indefinitely.