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| Killer's future frustrates kin |
| By thebarrieexaminer.com |
| Published: 01/06/2010 |
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Family members of a 14-yearold Barrie boy who was murdered walked out of court in anger yesterday after listening to hours of testimony over his killer's best educational options. Nickolas Bullock was arrested four years ago after he stabbed his cousin, Brayton Bullock, 14, to death in Lackies Bush in Barrie when he was 16, March 9, 2006. Even though he was sentenced in November to life in prison as an adult, an ongoing battle continues over whether or not he should be allowed to stay at the Sprucedale Youth Centre so that he can have easy access to high school courses. While in Sprucedale, Bullock got his high school diploma, but now he wants to take more courses so that he can be accepted into a university program. "He can twiddle his thumbs and drag it (the courses) out as long as he wants," said Crown Attorney Ann Tierney, who expressed doubts that Bullock is truly interested in education. "Previous to the murder he chose not to go to school at all ... he used drugs ... he sold drugs," said Tierney. While in the youth facility, Bullock has refused to mention a word about the murder and has had no programming to deal with his crime. Court heard from a corrections officer in the federal system, Braden Whilsmith, who testified that in an adult prison, Bullock will have to talk about his crime and go through intensive assessments. Whilsmith said Bullock would still have access to education, but the priority in the prison is to deal with underlying causes of his crime so that he can directed into rehabilitation programs, such as anger management and drug abuse. The Crown also asked Whilsmith if Bullock would become a target for sexual abuse while in an adult prison -- a concern that was raised by the defence. "My experience is that rape or sexual assault is relatively rare," said Whilsmith. "It goes against the inmate code. Sexual offenders are held at the bottom of the inmate hierarchy ... they are not well thought of." Read More. |
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