The accused murderer who attended McGill law school was arrested again on Saturday

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A convicted killer from B.C. who once attended law school in Montreal was back in custody on Saturday.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement that a warrant has been issued for Jeffrey Ewert and his parole has been suspended.

Officials say that these types of warrants are issued when “there are reasonable grounds to believe that the offender has violated the conditions of release or that the risk they pose can no longer be managed safely in the community.”

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“Following the suspension, the case is being reviewed in accordance with the post-release decision-making process, which may include further consideration by the Parole Board of Canada,” the statement said.

No further details were released.

Ewert was recently back in the news as it was revealed he was attending law school at McGill University.

Ewert, now in his 60s, was convicted in the 1980s of second-degree murder and attempted murder involving violent attacks carried out in British Columbia on two female victims, one of whom was 15 years old.

Ewert spent 40 years in federal Canada’s Correctional Service said in a statement that a warrant has been issued for Jeffrey Ewert and his parole has been suspended.l prison and granted day parole in 2025. News of his studies spread in early October and he has been banned from campus.

Former prosecutor and retired judge, Rick Miller, told Global News in an interview that Ewert was “as bad as they come.”

“This man was the most brutal and evil person I have ever dealt with,” he said.

-with files from Kristen Robinson

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