Wilno drama: the killer was a “domestic violence terrorist”, according to an expert

The director of the Center for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University WesternDr. Peter Jaffepointed out that the author of the three murders, Basil Borutski, scared many women for years and caused incredible damage.

In the 20 years leading up to the drama on September 22, 2015, Basil Borutski hit two other women. In addition, there were many warning signs to family, friends and authorities that he posed a serious danger to women, he said. Peter Jaffe in a report made for public inquiry.

The women were abused and told many people they were afraid of himwritten by a psychologist.

The report prepared by Peter Jaffe suggests that friends, family and legal professionals aware of the violence and threats perpetrated by Basil Borutski had at least 120 chances to intervene between the time he began dating Nathalie Warmerdam, in 2010, and on the day of the three murders, September 22, 2015.

” In the spring of 2015, probation, police and Crown reports appear to have agreed that the perpetrator posed a serious danger to one of the victims, as well as to other future partners. “

Basil Borutski’s neighbor reported that the night before the three murders, the latter said he was might, tomorrow morning, kill her [ancienne partenaire] and will still go to heaven.

In 2013, two years before the killings, police reports had already identified Basil Borutski as a man in very delicateaccording to the report of Peter Jaffe.

The jail had no effect on Basil Borutski’s behavior, the expert said

Basil Borutski’s trial and public questioning revealed that at the time of the 2015 killings he was on probation for his previous violence against Anastasia Kuzyk, was under a life ban on the use of firearms and that he had refused to participate in a court-ordered partner attack. program.

Note that Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasia Kuzyk were shot and killed and it is not clear where Basil Borutski got his gun.

Of course, if someone doesn’t want to ask for help, that’s saying something.discarded Peter Jaffe during his testimony.

Mr. Borutski also spent time in prison after being convicted of assaulting Nathalie Warmerdam.

Detention had no effect on his behavior. He appears to have left the jail more angry and justified the murder of the victims based on his own reports, letters and statements made to others.wrote Peter Jaffe in his report.

The burden of protecting Basil Borutski’s victims sometimes falls on women’s shoulders, she added. Nathalie Warmerdam’s daughter testified Monday that her mother hid a gun under her bed and parked herself in the back in case she needed to get stuck right away.

First judgment at age 20

Peter Jaffe also testified that Basil Borutski’s first conviction for a crime of intimate partner violence was in 1977, when he was 20 years old. According to the psychologist, it is possible that the crime was committed in the youth of Mr. Borutski, because of the time that legal proceedings may take.

Although he wasn’t sure what help he received, if any, Basil Borutski said he himself had been a victim of violence when he was young and he suffered mental health problems. The possibility of a successful intervention must have occurred when he was a young manwritten by a psychologist.

The man who is also the director of the Center for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children presented some suggestions to inquest jurors that need to make recommendations on how to prevent future deaths caused by domestic violence.

Peter Jaffe It was also stressed that the Ontario Ministry of Education must ensure that every elementary and secondary school has programs in place to help students learn the skills needed to prevent domestic violence.

The testimony of Peter Jaffe to jurors of public inquiry into Wilno’s tragedy continuing Thursday.

With information from Guy Quenneville of CBC News