Randall Hopley faces life in jail for B.C. child abduction

ByBill Graveland

CRANBROOK, B.C. A convicted child abductor could spend the rest of his life in prison if a British Columbia Supreme Court judge declares him a dangerous offender today. 

More than two years after Randall Hopley abducted a three-year-old boy from his home in Sparwood, B.C., Justice Heather Holmes is to deliver her decision on the Crown's application to keep Hopley in prison indefinitely. 

Hopley could be declared a long-term offender instead. That would mean a regular sentence combined with a specific period of supervision in the community afterwards of up to 10 years. 

       

HOPLEYThe Canadian PressRandall Hopley is shown in a photo released by Vancouver Police on Friday Sept. 9, 2011.

HOPLEY The Canadian Press Randall Hopley is shown in a photo released by Vancouver Police on Friday Sept. 9, 2011.