PM should apologize to families of Paul Bernardo’s victims for $19K in legal costs, senator says

📆 6/22/2023 11:05 PM
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A Canadian senator is urging the federal government to apologize after asking the families of Paul Bernado’s victims to pay thousands of dollars in legal costs.

In 2021, the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy—who were kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered by Bernardo in the early 1990s—requested documents about the convicted felon’s parole hearing application.

“That issue has now been resolved. But the fact that they sought $19,000 plus from the families is shocking, quite frankly.” Conservative Senator Don Plett called the fees “shameful,” and said in the chamber the costs were only waived because the government was embarrassed.

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