HUNTER: Accused Tori Dunn killer got soft ride on bail, probation breaches

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Accused killer Adam Troy Mann’s parole prognosis was gloomy and riddled with dire warnings.

In fact, the oddsmakers at the Parole Board of Canada pegged his chances of violently reoffending at 76%. In other documents obtained by media outlets, it was reported he just missed the criteria to be deemed a “psychopath.”

None of these warnings helped Tori Dunn, 30, of Surrey, B.C.

On Father’s Day, the popular businesswoman was stabbed to death during a botched home invasion.

Two weeks later homicide detectives in the Lower Mainland arrested Mann, 40, who is originally from Ontario, and charged him with second-degree murder.

At the time Dunn was brutally slain — wait for it — Mann had breached his probation after being hit with robbery-relation charges. Over the past few months, he piled up theft charges, resisting arrest and … breaching probation orders.

But someone decided it was a good idea to release him on bail.

CBC News reported that as per parole records, Mann “barely missed the criteria for being diagnosed as a psychopath.” And even the pollyannas in corrections said he was a “high risk for future violence.”

So who thought it was a good idea to give this guy bail? Do bail and probation even mean anything anymore?

“It’s alarming to us that this has happened, it was so avoidable,” Dunn’s cousin Chasity Dunn told CBC.

She has collected more than 3,500 names on a petition calling for an “internal review” of legal decisions made before the attack on her cousin. No doubt, there will be some eye-openers.

She said: “What was the attempt to mitigate the risk to society? Because it doesn’t look like there was one.”

According to CTV News, in 2014 when Mann applied for parole after serving a 10-year jolt for robbery with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a prohibited weapon and possessing a restricted firearm.

Scores of prison infractions (including assaulting a parole officer and assistant warden) litter his criminal CV.

In Canada, we have statutory release that springs most convicts after they have served two-thirds of their sentence and they can then apply for full parole. A psychological risk assessment deemed Mann a high risk of reoffending.

A March 2018 parole document showed the board cancelling the suspension of his statutory release (YAY!)

Mann was instead reprimanded as if a good scolding would deter someone like him.

“It is the board’s opinion that you will not present an undue risk to society if released on statutory release and that your release will contribute to the protection of society by facilitating your reintegration into society as a law-abiding citizen,” the sunny decision said.

But: “These mounting numbers cannot be ignored. On two of these occasions, your suspensions were cancelled and you received support to allow you to continue with your community reintegration. In spite of this support, difficulties returned. You were advised by the board that any further infractions, regardless of (their) seriousness, would tip the scale and confirm that you cannot be managed. This lack of manageability would translate as undue risk. Were this to be the case, the supportive position of the board would be removed immediately, resulting in a return to custody.”

Rinse. Repeat.

The details are too dreary.

Notably, Mann was busted for breaching his probation on May 28 — mere weeks before Dunn was murdered.

Why was he released from custody? Who released him from custody? The Crown certainly wanted him caged.

Mark it as another winning day for the unicorn and rainbows crowd in the Canadian justice system.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

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