Balaclava rapist’s day parole extended but tightly restricted: parole board
VANCOUVER — The parole board has been keeping a tight rein on the man known as the balaclava rapist since he was granted day parole last year, newly released documents reveal.
Larry Takahashi is serving three life sentences after pleading guilty to 14 charges involving 23 victims, although a parole board decision says he has admitted to sexually assaulting many more victims in Edmonton in the 1970s and 1980s.
Takahashi, who’s now 64, was granted day parole in British Columbia last July after spending most of the last 30 years in prison. He lives in a residential facility somewhere in Metro Vancouver.
While his day parole has been extended for another six months, the decision released Monday says he hardly ventures out and when he does his movements are tightly controlled by his supervisors.