Man convicted of 2007 attack still too dangerous to be released from prison

The Canadian Parole Board has ruled that a Nova Scotia man still poses too high a risk to be released from prison.

And he seems to completely agree with this decision.

Michael Derrick Robicheau was declared a dangerous offender in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison. The verdict followed a brutal attack on a gas station clerk in Dartmouth, NS, in 2007. Robicheau sexually assaulted the woman, slit her throat and left her for dead. She survived.

When he was arrested shortly after the attack and asked why he had done it, Robicheau replied that he wanted “more time.”

He had served a prison sentence a few days before the gas station attack and told officials at the time that he did not want to be released.

“Untreated violent offender”

A psychologist examined Robicheau again in March and found no changes in his situation since the last examination.

“He considers you to be a dangerous, untreated violent offender and violent sex offender,” the parole board said after a hearing last week.

Since Robicheau did not attend the hearing, the panel relied on information in the file.

“They are extremely institutionalized and feel comfortable in the correctional environment,” the panel wrote.

“You are said to have acted impulsively during the time of your crimes. For example, you escaped from the halfway house and committed your index crimes in order to get back to prison because that was what you preferred.”

The panel continued: “You stated that you had no plan to publish and were not interested in publishing.”

Although Robicheau is clearly not ready to be released, his case remains the subject of regular reviews.

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