A woman who's been serving time for manslaughter in the death of a local realtor will get a second crack at freedom when she's released on mandatory parole this month.
Lisa Ann McKay, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the February 2006 death of local realtor William Edward Maloney, will be released soon as part of a statutory release that is required when an offender reaches the two-thirds mark of her sentence.
This is the second time McKay has been freed on statutory release, having first been released in December 2010 at the two-thirds point of her original sentence. She quickly violated the terms of her release, stopped reporting to her parole officer and was eventually arrested in a known crack house.
McKay's sentence will end completely in November. She still appears to be having significant drug and alcohol problems and issues with violence.
"Overall, the board fails to see a consistent effort on your part to address your dynamic risk factors and because of this, your risk to re-offend has not been mitigated," states the board's report.
The parole board can't prevent a person's release at the two-thirds mark of her sentence, except in extreme circumstances, but it can impose conditions and has put five in place for McKay.
Her parole officer will have to approve where she lives, which could include a halfway house. She will have to report any relationships with men and is prohibited from drinking alcohol. She also will also have to abstain from drugs and avoid any contact with people involved in criminal activity.
The board concluded that alcohol, bad relationships and drugs had all been part of McKay's past troubles. The board was concerned that, if it didn't put controls on all of these things, someone else might get hurt.
"You have repeatedly demonstrated you are comfortable using weapons and violence to get your needs met," the report says.
Drug-fuelled attack
In the agreed statement of facts that was presented during McKay's initial sentencing, the court heard that McKay and Maloney had known each other for eight years.
Maloney had invited McKay over to his home on Lancaster Crescent, and at some point late in the evening they got into an argument.
McKay impulsively grabbed a kitchen knife from the counter and stabbed Maloney five times.
She then ran around the house, taking a handful of items before fleeing the area bound for Edmonton. Her siblings found her the next day, still with bloodstains on her clothes.
She turned herself in to police five days later, after they issued a warrant for her arrest.
