VANCOUVER — A high-risk violent offender diagnosed with psychiatric disorders has been sentenced to four months in jail for using the internet in violation of one of many court-ordered restrictions against her.
Kayla Bourque, 29, convicted in 2012 of killing a family dog and a cat, and causing them unnecessary pain, was arrested last month for the breach of conditions imposed on her after release from an earlier sentence.
She pleaded guilty to the breach, which happened during November. She has been in custody since her Jan. 10 arrest. Crown and her lawyer both recommended four months in jail. She was credited for 100 days served and is to be released in 20 days. Crown prosecutor Bernie Wolfe read out an exchange Bourque had with a police officer about her online activity that he said indicated she was still at risk for violence. Last June, the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety alerted the public that Bourque had moved to Surrey from New Westminster and remained subject to monitoring and 42 court-ordered conditions.
