UPDATE: Convicted Toronto rapist moving out of apartment near McGill
A man who terrorized women in Toronto in the 1980s as the so-called 'High Park rapist' is now calling Montreal home, after completing his full 20-year prison sentence for a string of rapes.
Reports are suggesting Michael Giroux, now 55 years old, is living in an apartment on the fringes of the McGill Ghetto, in a four-story building which caters largely to students.
The gravity of his crimes is staggering — he would typically follow his victims before breaking into their homes, and would then tie up and blindfold them before subjecting them to various acts of sexual degradation. He would threaten his victims with death if they did not cooperate with him.
The crimes happened between 1984 and 1988 against women ranging in age from 23 to 42.
Each year from 2009 until his sentence expired in 2016, Giroux went before the parole board, and each time it was determined there were reason to believe he would commit another offence — possibly one causing death or injury to another person.
At one parole hearing, the board noted that his crimes were calculated and predatory, and ended up terrorizing a neighborhood. The board also noted he would refuse treatment for sexual deviance while in prison, had been found with drugs and hardcore pornography while he was inside, and would continually minimize the damage he had done to people's lives while on the outside.
Giroux under an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, he can't use alcohol or drugs, there are strict limits on his Internet access, and he can't be in the presence of children under 16 without supervision, under the terms of a two-year peace bond that had been requested by a police officer not long after his release.
A Montreal police spokesperson suggests it's not part of their policy to inform the public where a convicted sex offender decides to take up residence.