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 Ludwig to be carefully monitored by NPB Statutory release Nov. 14 means close scrutiny until August 2002 By SCOTT SEYMOUR Herald-Tribune staff Wiebo Ludwig will have his activities and behaviour monitored by a parole officer after his release from prison later this month. Mike Halko, regional manager of community relations and training with the National Parole Board, said Ludwig will be watched to ensure compliance with conditions of statutory release until the expiry of his sentence next August. Statutory release is granted when a serving prisoner has served two-thirds of a sentence and has not been granted parole or other release. In this case, the release didn't require a hearing by the National Parole Board, nor was one needed to determine the special condition attached to his release. Ludwig will have to reside and remain in a designated area except when authorized by the Correctional Service of Canada parole officer. Halko would not identify what that designated area is, but it's almost certainly Ludwig's Trickle Creek Farm near Hythe. "In addition to the special condition of his release, there's a number of other standard conditions that (Ludwig) has to abide by," Halko said. "He reports to police, he's not allowed out of the designated area without written permission, he has to give change of address. That's all standard for everybody who receives statutory release." Ludwig, 58, was sentenced to 28 months in prison in April 2000 for bombing a gas well site near his home, encasing a well in concrete and for counselling an RCMP informant to possess explosives. He will be given statutory release Nov. 14. He must live under the conditions of the release until the expiry of his sentence on Aug. 25, 2002. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2001 Daily Herald-Tribune |