Driver who fatally struck West Shore RCMP officer denied request to return to Vancouver Island during parole

Driver who fatally struck West Shore RCMP officer denied request to return to Vancouver Island during parole
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Kenneth Jacob Fenton, pictured in 2017.

Kenneth Jacob Fenton – the man who struck and killed West Shore Const. Sarah Beckett in 2017 – has been denied his request to return to Vancouver Island during parole.

In July 2017, Kenneth Jacob Fenton was sentenced to four years in prison after he killed Const. Sarah Beckett in an impaired driving crash in Langford in 2016. He had pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

Cst. Sarah Beckett, who died while on duty with West Shore RCMP on April 5, 2016. File photo.

Cst. Sarah Beckett, who died while on duty with West Shore RCMP on April 5, 2016. File photo.

The now 32-year-old was later sentenced to an additional 18 months pleading guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm following a separate car crash on May 22, 2016.

In January 2018, he was granted limited day parole to attend a treatment centre for alcohol abuse in the Fraser Valley for 70 days.

He was then granted full day parole that started in September 2019 and was extended in March 2020.

Documents from the Parole Board of Canada show Fenton has requested to return to Vancouver Island to strengthen his relationship with his family and young son.

The parole board says Fenton also indicated he wanted to start a business and offered to wear an electronic monitoring device if he was allowed to return to the Island.

In a letter on Aug. 6, Vancouver Island RCMP recommended not allowing Fenton to return saying because of the intense media coverage regarding the fatal collision, there would be negative consequences to returning to the Island.

Fenton is living in a community residential facility. The parole board documents say he has a full-time job and is in a relationship.

The parole board said Fenton has been compliant with the conditions of his release, although has seen at times to be “entitled and dismissive of some expectations and requirements of your
release.”

The parole board has decided Fenton cannot return to Vancouver Island without the prior written consent of his parole supervisor. His day parole has been extended for another six more months, with several other conditions, including not consuming alcohol drugs and not operating a motor vehicle.

 

 

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