It generated thousands of tips, but no substantial leads. On 6 January , Karla Homolka was admitted to St. Catharines General Hospital after Bernardo beat her viciously with a flashlight.
He was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon, and then released on bail. Homolka never returned to the couple's house in Port Dalhousie.
Police put Bernardo under surveillance and tapped his telephone. Homolka was initially uncooperative with police. After consulting with her lawyer, she said she would testify against Bernardo on the condition of being granted immunity from prosecution. The attorney general for Ontario would not agree to immunity, but was willing to consider a reduced sentence. On 17 February, Bernardo was arrested for the murders of Mahaffy and French, and the Scarborough rapes.
Police subjected Homolka to four days of interrogation. She described how Bernardo had kidnapped Mahaffy from the yard of the girl's home, and how she and Bernardo had lured French to their car in the parking lot. She said both girls were used as sex slaves before Bernardo strangled them to death.
Homolka claimed Bernardo had boasted to her of raping at least 30 women. A search of their house turned up a list of the Scarborough rapes, books of a deviant sexual nature, a hunting knife, handcuffs and a videotape of Homolka and Bernardo engaged in sexual activity with two unidentified young women.
Homolka was clearly a willing participant in both encounters. She admitted to police that one of the girls had been drugged and was later unaware that she had been raped. On 6 July , as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, Homolka was convicted after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter in the Mahaffy and French murders. She was sentenced to two year prison terms to be served concurrently. Authorities weren't aware at the time that the initial police search of the Bernardo residence had missed a bundle of videotapes — tapes that would prove to be the most damning and publicly explosive evidence of the case.
They were not turned over to police until 22 September The tapes showed in graphic detail the rape of Tammy Homolka, and the torture and rapes of Mahaffy and French. By this time, the case was dominating headlines, and capturing the attention of people across North America. News of the tapes prompted public outrage. However, the Crown said it was obliged to stand by its agreement. Jury selection for the Bernardo trial began on 1 May The Crown opened its case on 18 May.
The trial lasted four months, during which Homolka spent 17 court days in the witness box. Bernardo was found guilty of all charges against him: two counts each of first degree murder , kidnapping , forcible confinement and aggravated sexual assault , and one count of committing an indignity to a human body.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and declared a dangerous offender , making parole highly unlikely. Since , he has been incarcerated at the Millhaven maximum security prison in Bath, Ontario. The Bernardo-Homolka crimes — apart from their impact on the victims and their families — had a wide-ranging impact long after the trials concluded.
The videotapes showing the rape and murder of their victims were ordered destroyed by an Ontario court. Internet sleuths like Deanne have since alleged that Magnotta created the rumors online himself as a means to attain fame, via multiple aliases on social media. There is no proof that Magnotta and Homolka are connected in any way. Homolka has not spoken out about Magnotta, or about his bizarre connection to her sister. Updated Dec 18, at pm.
Play Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo — Serial Killers Documentary One of Canada's most infamous female serial killers, Karla Homolka, was released from prison after serving a short year sentence for her involvement in drugging, raping, torturing and killing young girls. The dead teens included her young sister Tammy, whose innocence was offered by Homolka to her boyfriend, Paul Bernardo, as a gift.
The couple… T Note: Small portions of this videotaped broadcast are missing; a complete translated transcript is available from: mascaramurder. When Bernardo was matched with a description of the killer, Homolka quickly got a lawyer and entered a plea bargain in the case, providing information about Bernardo's crimes in exchange for a year sentence for manslaughter.
Police obtained the videotapes showing Homolka's participation in the assaults only after her sentence was finalized, and a prosecutor during Bernardo's trial implied that Homolka would have also been charged with murder had investigators obtained the tapes earlier per The Canadian Press.
After his trial, Paul Bernardo was sentenced to life in prison and has since been denied parole twice, according to CTV News. You have not shown the risk of offending can be managed in the community.
In his parole hearing, Bernardo said his existence in prison has caused him significant "stress and anxiety" and that he cries "all the time," according to The National Post. As a no-contact offender, Bernardo spends much of his time alone — even his yard time is solo — without much human interaction.
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