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A BLOCK Watch meeting Friday, prompted by reports that pedophile Robert Roy Owens is living in North Vancouver, was
packed by parents worried about the safety of their kids. Owens told the News he has been visiting and won’t stay In the area,

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pedophile have organized
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He. said “reports that he |
refused treatment during his
six-year prison sentence after ~
“being convicted for. sexually
assaulting three girls are false.

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Owens has been. visiting -
the North Vancouver home of ~
Daniel Bristow, who has been
convicted of sexual. assault,
since leaving Mountain

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RCMP CONST. Barry Mattock, Supt. Gil Yard and Mayor Murray
Dykeman heard parents express fears of pedophile Friday.
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‘Will present petitions. oudining changes, they want They want (ose mandatory ‘supervision of

implemented in the way offenders such as Robert
Roy Owens are dealt with.

Owens, whe was recently released from prison
after: serving a full six-year sentence for sexually
assaulting three girls, has said. he will be leaving
North Vancouver shortly.

Petition writers want the community notified
when a pedophile: moves inte the neighborhood, the
organizer said. 0

pedophiles for lengthy periods following release.

froma jail. :

And they want Crown attorneys to be able to
declare pedophiles as dangerous offenders at any
Gime during their sentence, not just before or during
sentencing. ;

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News of his arriva! caused |

enraged citizens to call for_

‘Owens’ removal and’ cast 2

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