PORT COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) – The family of Allan Shoenborn‘s ex-wife is relieved about new rules that would make it harder for killers found ‘not criminally responsible’ to be released from custody.

Currently, offenders like Schoenborn are up for a review of their release every year.  MP James Moore announced a plan for new legislation that will lengthen the time between hearings.  He wouldn’t say how long that time could be though. Victims’ families are asking for three to five years.

Stacey Galt, who speaks on behalf of Schoenborn’s ex-wife Darcy Clark, says they live in fear of the day Allan is released. “I know my cousin is unfinished business. I know that once he is released she will perish.  He has been obsessed with her.  He will not let her go.”

Galt also says she fears for her own life because she has been speaking out on this matter. “I want to feel safe, I want to feel secure, I want to be able to walk out my door and know that there’s nobody there that’s going to get me, that’s going to be looking for me. Darcy wants the same.”

She points out affected families have been wanting changes for a long time. “What is being proposed is what we, the families of victims all across Canada have been asking for, the community as a whole to receive the protection we deserve.”

The Conservatives plan to introduce the new bill in the House of Commons at the beginning of next year.