A disgraced former police officer who was a serial rapist, convicted of attacking primarily teen girls, is getting out of jail early.
The National Parole Board has ruled that Benoit Guay qualifies for a statutory release after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
With double-time credit for pre-trial custody, and the release after the two-thirds mark of his sentence, Mr. Guay's prison stay amounted to four years.
The veteran Montreal cop was arrested in 2006 - and convicted the next year for sexual assaults against eight young women.
He would attack them with a knife or a gun. One of his victims was a girl celebrating her 15th birthday.
Part of a lengthy list of conditions will require Mr. Guay to stay at a halfway house, stay away from minor females and to continue seeking psychological treatment.
The assaults occurred in Laval and St-Jerome, north of Montreal, between May 2004 and June 2005.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was declared a long-term offender, which means he'll be supervised for 10 years following his release.
Case workers determined that Mr. Guay presented a low risk in the short-term and a moderate risk in the long-term to re-offend.
Mr. Guay, now 39, was an officer with the Montreal police for 13 years.