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Bail Conditions Change To Allow Gordon Stuckless To Appear In Court Unaccompanied

The Canadian Press, 04 Apr, 2016 12:19 PM
    TORONTO — Bail conditions for the man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal have been changed after prosecutors noticed he was in violation.
     
    Under the terms of his bail, Gordon Stuckless cannot leave his home unless accompanied by his brother, who is acting as surety.
     
    But Crown attorney Kelly Beale pointed out Monday that Stuckless has been appearing in court without his brother.
     
    Court heard Stuckless was advised by his lawyer that he would not be breaching his bail conditions by doing so, but Ontario Court Justice Mara Greene said that was "wrong."
     
    As a result, the conditions have been changed to allow Stuckless to travel to court without his brother, who court heard is in poor health.
     
    Stuckless pleaded guilty in 2014 to 100 charges related to the sexual abuse of 18 boys decades ago.
     
    He was later found guilty of two additional charges of gross indecency linked to two of the 18 victims.
     
    The bail issue came up as the Crown was cross-examining Stuckless's support worker during his sentencing hearing.
     
    Prosecutors decided earlier this year not to seek to have him designated a dangerous or long-term offender.
     
    He previously pleaded guilty in 1997 for sex assaults on 24 boys while he worked as an equipment manager at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens between 1969 and 1988.
     
    He was sentenced to two years less a day in that case, but that was later increased to five years. He was paroled in 2001 after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

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