Man convicted for his role in Mayerthorpe shootings granted day parole
Man convicted for his role in Mayerthorpe shootings granted day parole
A man convicted for his role in the shooting deaths of four Alberta Mounties in Mayerthorpe nine years ago has been granted day parole. Shawn Hennessey dabbed his eyes as the parole board ruled he will only have to stay at a halfway house in the evenings. The board said the 36-year-old has taken responsibility for his actions and shown empathy for his victims. "It will bother me for the rest of my life. The hurt I have caused for so many people will never go away," Hennessey told the board Tuesday.
I think four lives were torn apart that day. Their loved ones will never get their lives back. I am grateful to be able to return back to my family.
Hennessey and his brother-in-law, Dennis Cheeseman, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving James Roszko a rifle and a ride to Roszko's farm near Mayerthorpe in 2005. Constables Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon, Brock Myrol and Leo Johnston had been guarding a Quonset hut on Roszko's farm as part of a marijuana grow-op and automobile chop-shop investigation. Roszko then ambushed and killed the four officers before he killed himself. Hennessey was sentenced in 2009 to 10 years and four months for his role in the crime.
I will prove I am a different person, that these things will never come from Shawn Hennessey again. I want to honour the victims and prove I have changed.
