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Calgary Herald
22-05-2025
- Calgary Herald
Martin: Court order offers temporary peace of mind with high-risk offender's release
Article content It was a crime, so heinous, it scarred an entire northeast Calgary community. Article content Article content And while more than a decade later those scars are likely healed to a large extent, it was probably a stark reminder for the good people of Taradale earlier this month when one of its perpetrators was back before the courts. Article content Fortunately, Corey Manyshots wasn't back in the prisoner's box of a Calgary courtroom facing charges in a similarly horrific offence to the one committed by him and his younger brother more than a decade ago. Article content Article content But the fact Manyshots was before the courts at all illustrated just how severe his crime was when he and his brother snatched a 17-year-old girl from a Taradale bus stop and dragged her into an alley where they both sexually assaulted her. Unsatisfied with the physical and psychological trauma that would have caused their innocent victim, they forced her to walk 20 minutes to their parents' home where they kept her for hours and repeatedly raped her. Article content The Nov. 14, 2014, crime landed both Manyshots brothers 12-year prison terms, a punishment Corey completed last month while on mandatory parole. Due to a difference in pre-sentencing credit, Cody has not yet completed his term. Article content Article content The older Manyshots was rearrested under a section of the Criminal Code which allows the prosecution to seek a peace bond against someone who poses an ongoing danger to the public, something he clearly does. Article content Article content Justice Michelle Christopher agreed with Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh the offender remains a high risk to commit another serious crime, despite years of rehabilitative detention in Canada's prison system. Article content Article content Among the nearly two-dozen conditions Manyshots will have to abide by are that he is to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet, refrain from consuming any alcohol or drugs and abide by a nightly curfew. Manyshots is also prohibited from entering into any relationship, sexual or otherwise, without that individual being apprised of his criminal past and he can't have contact with his brother. Article content Society can only hope those conditions, and the others he will be under for the next two years, will be enough to deter him from returning to his criminal ways. Article content At the hearing before Christopher two weeks ago, Walsh detailed reports provided at the offender's 2018 sentencing hearing which painted a dire picture of his risk to society if not strictly supervised.
Toronto Sun
09-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
HUNTER: 'Unmitigated evil' Calgary rapist is back on the street
Today's Junk Justice poster boy is bound by court-ordered conditions, but we know what that means Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox "EVIL": Violent rapist Corey Manyshots is back on the streets in Calgary. Photo by Handout / CPS The surname of an 'evil' convicted Calgary rapist could work for a slew of convicted criminals who go back for seconds and thirds to the judicial big bread line. That name is Manyshots. Now, after just seven years in the slammer for a shocking rape committed alongside his brother, Corey Manyshots, 36, is back on the streets of Calgary. Cops in Cowtown have taken the unusual step of issuing a public warning about the high-risk offender. According to police, Manyshots was sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping, sexual assault causing bodily harm, robbery, and uttering threats, and will be residing in Calgary with his release. Of course, today's Junk Justice poster boy is bound by court-ordered conditions, including an electronic monitoring device, but in Canada, we know what that means. Yet only the most obtuse and ideologically hidebound could think warning the public is a bad idea. For them, let's dial back the clock. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 🔴 HIGH-RISK OFFENDER 🔴 In the interest of public safety, the Calgary Police Service is issuing the following public information & warning in regards to the release of a high-risk offender. Corey MANYSHOTS, 36, has completed a federal sentence for kidnapping, sexual assault… — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) May 9, 2025 On Nov. 14, 2014, Manyshots and his brother, Cody, snatched a 17-year-old girl off the streets. What happened next to the teen is the stuff of horror movies. 'Certainly one of the most depraved offences that I've ever been involved with,' Crown prosecutor Jonathan Hak told the Calgary Sun when asked how the case compared to other crimes he's prosecuted. He added: 'Just unmitigated evil, frankly. They may well be dangerous offenders in the future.' The barbaric brothers snatched the teen from a Calgary bus stop, then dragged her to a nearby alley where they took turns sexually assaulting the girl. She was then forced to walk 20 minutes to the brothers' lair where they kept her prisoner and repeatedly raped her. The siblings pleaded guilty to their sick crimes. Both were handed 12-year sentences. Hak believed the brothers would serve close to their full sentences, but this is Canada and an ideologically captured, see-no-evil justice system was looking out for the boys. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The reality is they will probably serve much closer to 12 years … because of the circumstances of this offence and because of their personal characteristics and the likelihood of them reoffending in the future,' Hak said in 2018. 'We need to keep them in jail as long as possible, because of community safety.' EVIL BROTHERS: Cody, left, and Corey Manyshots. CPS The brothers Manyshots were given credit for time served, slashing their sentences to around seven years each. Too much? 'These two men fell through the cracks of life,' defence lawyer Alain Hepner told the court. 'They didn't stand a chance from the minute they were born.' And the legal eagle was correct. The Manyshots brothers have much in common with other criminals: Booze and drug abuse issues, plus fetal alcohol spectrum disorder that left both with severe cognitive disorders. It makes for sad, sobering reading. What it doesn't do is make the streets one iota safer. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But for everyone like the Manyshots brothers, thousands have endured the same harrowing hardships and horrors. They have not snatched a Canadian girl off a Canadian street and violently repeatedly raped her. Struggle? Yes, they do. Harm others? No, they don't. Sex offender Jared Charles is back in Regina. SPS One week ago, it was the Regina cops warning the public about a recently released pedophile. Jared Charles is back in town, and by the way, he's a 'high risk of reoffending sexually and/or violently.' And who are Charles' targets? Children. He has admitted to cops he is 'unable or unwilling to abide by conditions and that he is at a high risk to reoffend sexually.' But somewhere in the fecal-filled bowels of the justice system, Manyshots and Charles will have champions. And they'll tell us, roll the dice. Go ahead. Honest. bhunter@ @HunterTOSun NBA Canada Toronto & GTA Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists
Calgary Herald
08-05-2025
- Calgary Herald
Convicted rapist will be under strict release conditions despite serving his entire prison term
Convicted rapist Corey Manyshots remains a high risk to commit another crime and therefore requires strict supervision in the community, a judge ruled Thursday. Article content Article content Justice Michelle Christopher agreed with Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh that there is a reasonable fear Manyshots will commit a serious offence and a two-year peace bond is warranted. Article content Among the nearly two-dozen conditions Manyshots will have to abide by are that he is to wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet, refrain from consuming any alcohol or drugs and abide by a nightly curfew. Article content Article content Manyshots is also prohibited from entering into any relationship, sexual or otherwise, without that individual being apprised of his criminal past and he can't have contact with his brother, Cody, who was involved in the kidnapping and repeated rape of their victim. Article content Article content His access to pornography will be strictly monitored by his community treatment providers to ensure it only depicts 'age-appropriate models and sexually healthy situations, devoid of violence or humiliation.' Article content 'Before you are released you'll be fitted with an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet which you must wear at all times,' Christopher told Manyshots. Article content The Calgary man completed his 12-year prison sentence last month while in the community on parole, but was taken into custody under a section of the Criminal Code which allows the Crown to seek a peace bond to ensure his behaviour. Article content Walsh detailed reports provided at Manyshots' sentencing hearing which painted a dire picture of his risk to the public if not strictly supervised. Article content Article content He and his brother were handed 12-year prison terms, minus credit for pre-sentencing custody, in January 2018, after pleading guilty to charges of kidnapping, sexual assault causing bodily harm, robbery and uttering death threats. Article content They grabbed a 17-year-old girl from a bus stop in the city's northeast on Nov. 14, 2014, and dragged her to a nearby alley where they both sexually assaulted her. Article content They then forced her to walk 20 minutes to their home where they kept her for hours and repeatedly raped her. Article content Cody Manyshots, who had less credit for remand time, is still serving his sentence. Article content Walsh said Corey was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and found to have a functional IQ of between 52 and 54. Article content Despite his violent past and his ongoing risk to the community, Christopher noted Manyshots was also a victim of both bad parenting and mental health issues, including a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.
CBC
29-04-2025
- CBC
Crown seeks electronic monitoring for man who kidnapped, raped teen as prison term ends
Social Sharing One of two Calgary brothers who kidnapped a teenager from a bus stop and raped her repeatedly more than a decade ago made a court appearance Monday. Police and prosecutors are attempting to manage his risk in the community after his prison sentence ended three days ago. In 2018, Corey Manyshots was handed a 12-year sentence. With credit for the time he'd already spent behind bars, Manyshots had just over seven years left to serve. His sentence expired on Friday, meaning he was no longer under any parole board or court-imposed conditions. Calgary's high-risk offender police and prosecution units issued a peace bond and took Manyshots into custody last Thursday. Manyshots, 36, appeared briefly in court Monday. He was represented by duty counsel lawyer Bob Haslam, who put the case over to May 1 so the Crown can hammer out the peace bond conditions. Janice Walsh, head of the prosecution's high-risk offender unit, confirmed that the Crown has consent from the attorney general to seek a condition that would require Manyshots be electronically monitored. Walsh said peace bonds are common in cases where there is a "very high-risk offender" who reaches warrant expiry (the end of a federal prison sentence). It is expected the peace bond conditions will be imposed for a two-year period. Peace bond also likely for brother Haslam confirmed he is helping Manyshots line up a lawyer for Thursday's hearing. Peace bonds are imposed when a judge is satisfied there are reasonable grounds to fear an offence will be committed. In this case, the peace bond will be designed so the authorities can monitor Manyshots when he is released back into the community. Corey's younger brother Cody Manyshots still has several months left on his sentence but it is expected the Crown will apply for peace bond in his case as well. Teen escaped after 8 hours In 2014, Corey and Cody — who were 25 and 21 years old, respectively — kidnapped a teen from a bus stop in the northeast community of Taradale. The brothers dragged the 17-year-old into an alley where they physically and sexually assaulted her. She was then forced to walk to their home in Martindale. Both brothers continued to rape the teen throughout the night. When they finally fell asleep, the girl escaped the home. During their sentencing hearing, court heard that both brothers have severe FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder). The prosecutor at the time told the judge that both brothers were a high risk to commit violent, sexual crimes once released. Corey's lawyer at the time told the judge his client has an IQ of 45 and can barely read or write.
Calgary Herald
28-04-2025
- Calgary Herald
In Calgary courts: Crown seeks peace bond for rapist who just completed his lengthy prison term
The prosecution wants restrictions placed on a violent rapist, including electronic ankle monitoring, who just completed his entire sentence for kidnapping and sexual assaulting a Calgary teen. Article content Article content Duty counsel Bob Haslam appeared in Calgary Court of Justice on Monday and asked that Corey Manyshots' case be adjourned to Thursday so he can try to find a lawyer. Article content Article content Manyshots completed his 12-year prison sentence on Friday and would have been released into the community without conditions had the Crown not applied for a peace bond, which can place restrictions on individuals for as long as two years if they're deemed an ongoing danger to the public. Article content Article content Crown prosecutor Janice Walsh, who heads her office's high risk offender unit, said they have been given attorney general clearance to seek an ankle monitor as a condition of any court order. Article content Under the Criminal Code, a party — with the consent of the attorney general — may ask a judge to order an individual to abide by release conditions if there are reasonable grounds to fear that person will commit a serious personal injury offence. Article content Outside court Walsh, who did not attend Manyshots' brief court proceeding, said while such applications are common in her unit, they are generally rare. Article content Manyshots was arrested under a peace bond warrant last week since his prison term was about to expire. Article content He is in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre. If he refuses to enter into a peace bond, he could be ordered to remain behind bars. Article content Manyshots, 46, and his younger brother Cody Manyshots, 41, were each handed the equivalent of 12-year prison terms in June 2018 after pleading guilty to charges of kidnapping, sexual assault causing bodily harm, robbery and uttering death threats. Article content They abducted a 17-year-old Calgary girl off a residential street on Nov. 14, 2014, while she was waiting for a bus, took her to a nearby alley and sexually assaulted her.
