Albert Muckle a psychopath, raped and beat Julianne Courneya

Remorable rapist who left a pregnant woman in Banff, refused parole

Albert Muckle raped and battered the vegetative Julianne Courneya

A remorseless rapist who left a young pregnant woman for dead is too risky to release into the society, says Canada's Parole Board in its new decision to reject Albert Muckle 's bid for freedom.

"Your actions caused considerable pain and misery to both your victim and her family," wrote the parole board jury, specifically confronting Muckle.

"You couldn't show any insight into why you committed such a brutal assault on a stranger, nor did you take responsibility for the crime."

Fifteen years ago, Muckle became contact with Julianne Courneya, who worked at a Banff hotel.

He escorted the 21-year-old to a local park, beating her senseless, and took $20. Muckle left to return and assaulted Courneya before threatening to strangle her with her strap.

Courneya, who was dating, was discovered by a passerby unconscious hours later.

Victim wants 'extremely high 24/7 treatment'

Muckle pled guilty to aggravated and attempted murder. With a violent crime past in his childhood, the judge ruled Muckle a dangerous prisoner and gave him an lifetime sentence.

In 2007, at the behest of her relatives, a publishing ban on Courneya 's name was lifted so fundraisers could go ahead with her medical expenses.

She remains in chronic vegetative condition, unable to speak or move. She needs what her father described as "a very high degree of 24/7 treatment."

In a sharply worded decision issued last week, Canada's Parole Board heard Muckle remain a moderate to extremely high chance of reoffending.

Fresh charges incarcerated

Since his last hearing in 2018, Muckle made little to no progress. He has been charged with several offenses, including being caught with "stabbing knives" and assaulting prison workers.

In the last two years, Muckle was once put in segregation and three times a standardized intervention unit. He's often expelled from an organisation due to bad behaviour.

Muckle, now 40, told the jury that he wanted to enroll in jail detox services but his own "angry and impulsive" nature keeps him from completing therapy.

"You appear trapped in a vicious loop of destructive, violent behavior," the parole board said.

"He would not fail to physically intimidate clinical and security personnel. His relationships with co-inmates are often qualified as contradictory. At this point, he appears to need substantial therapies."