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| Ottawa shootings: Suspect Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attempted to rob McDonald's to beat drug addiction in prison | |
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| Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the man suspected of shooting dead a Canadian solider in Ottawa on Wednesday, attempted to rob a McDonald’s restaurant because he thought being incarcerated was the “only way” he could tackle his crack cocaine addiction. | |
| Three years before his attack on the Canadian parliament, Zehaf-Bibeau had lived in Vancouver. At 1:45am on 16 December 2011, he attempted to hold up a McDonald's branch in the western city by threatening staff with a sharpened stick, before waiting calmly to be arrested, according to court records obtained by the Telegraph. He was subsequently detained and charged with attempted robbery. | Three years before his attack on the Canadian parliament, Zehaf-Bibeau had lived in Vancouver. At 1:45am on 16 December 2011, he attempted to hold up a McDonald's branch in the western city by threatening staff with a sharpened stick, before waiting calmly to be arrested, according to court records obtained by the Telegraph. He was subsequently detained and charged with attempted robbery. |
| And hours before the incident, Zehaf-Bibeau had visited a police station in the city for the second time in three weeks and asked to be “punished” for an armed robbery he claimed he had committed a decade earlier in Quebec – apparent crimes police were unable to find any record of. | And hours before the incident, Zehaf-Bibeau had visited a police station in the city for the second time in three weeks and asked to be “punished” for an armed robbery he claimed he had committed a decade earlier in Quebec – apparent crimes police were unable to find any record of. |
| Zehaf-Bibeau told a court in Vancouver “My plan is...I'm a crack addict, and at the same time I'm a religious person. | Zehaf-Bibeau told a court in Vancouver “My plan is...I'm a crack addict, and at the same time I'm a religious person. |
| "I want to sacrifice freedom and good things, for a year maybe, so when I come out I'll appreciate things of life more, and be clean, or maybe get a therapy like a detox, if you guys could send me to one," he said, according to the newspaper. | "I want to sacrifice freedom and good things, for a year maybe, so when I come out I'll appreciate things of life more, and be clean, or maybe get a therapy like a detox, if you guys could send me to one," he said, according to the newspaper. |
| Regarding his attempts to be arrested, he told the court: "I confessed to an armed robbery 10 years ago...I wanted to come jail so I could clean up and do my things. | Regarding his attempts to be arrested, he told the court: "I confessed to an armed robbery 10 years ago...I wanted to come jail so I could clean up and do my things. |
| "I was living on the street. I told them just put me in...do my time for what I've confessed. They said they couldn't so I warned them if you can’t put me in I'm going to do something right now just to get put in." | "I was living on the street. I told them just put me in...do my time for what I've confessed. They said they couldn't so I warned them if you can’t put me in I'm going to do something right now just to get put in." |
| At an earlier hearing in the case, prosecutors offered to release Zehaf-Bibeau in part because detention centres were full, but he told the court he did not want to be released and admitted he had “[committed] a crime to come in here [court]”. | At an earlier hearing in the case, prosecutors offered to release Zehaf-Bibeau in part because detention centres were full, but he told the court he did not want to be released and admitted he had “[committed] a crime to come in here [court]”. |
| "So if you guys release me what do you think's going to happen, that same loop and I'll I'll be right back here again," he warned. | "So if you guys release me what do you think's going to happen, that same loop and I'll I'll be right back here again," he warned. |
| During a court-ordered psychological evaluation, Zehaf-Bibeau also admitted he had staged the attempted robbery with the aim of being imprisoned. | During a court-ordered psychological evaluation, Zehaf-Bibeau also admitted he had staged the attempted robbery with the aim of being imprisoned. |
| “He wants to be in jail as he believes this is the only way he can overcome his addiction to crack cocaine,” the evaluation report read. | “He wants to be in jail as he believes this is the only way he can overcome his addiction to crack cocaine,” the evaluation report read. |
| “He has been a devoted [Muslim] for seven years and he believes he must spend time in jail as a sacrifice to pay for his mistakes in the past and he hopes to be a better man when he is eventually released.” | “He has been a devoted [Muslim] for seven years and he believes he must spend time in jail as a sacrifice to pay for his mistakes in the past and he hopes to be a better man when he is eventually released.” |
| The evaluator concluded that while Zehaf-Bibeau was making “an unusual choice,” he was not mentally ill and released him. Zehaf-Bibeau pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of making threats and was released after 66 days. | The evaluator concluded that while Zehaf-Bibeau was making “an unusual choice,” he was not mentally ill and released him. Zehaf-Bibeau pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of making threats and was released after 66 days. |
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