I'm half surprised the killer was actually remanded into custody rather than being set loose again.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...rged-1.6621904
A man charged with the first-degree murder of an RCMP officer in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday was wanted on a previous assault charge at the time of his arrest.
According to court records, a Vancouver provincial court judge issued a warrant for Jongwon Ham's arrest a month before the 37-year-old allegedly stabbed Const. Shaelyn Yang after she and a parks employee approached the tent where Ham had reportedly been living for months.
Court records show that Ham was facing two separate assault charges at the time of the attack.
He was charged with assaulting a man and resisting a Vancouver police officer in February 2021, released on bail in March 2022 and then charged with assaulting someone else just days later.
Ham was released on his own recognizance and then rearrested several times after failing to show up for court. He was supposed to report to a bail officer, and he was also not allowed to possess any weapons.
A judge issued a warrant for his arrest on Sept. 14 after he failed to show up at Vancouver's downtown community court. Ham also failed to show up for another court date which was scheduled for Monday.
The details of the earlier assaults are not contained in the paper trail of court documents, but the details of release, bail and failure to show up to court fit a pattern that has troubled communities around British Columbia struggling to cope with homelessness and occasional violence and petty crime that has been associated with mental illness and addiction.
Mayors from cities including Burnaby have complained publicly about the so-called "catch and release" justice system — criticism that has drawn a sharp rebuke from B.C.'s Crown Prosecution Service.