A girl who pressured her boyfriend into killing his teenage ex in 2008 has been granted day parole for six months.
The resolution by a Parole Board of Canada panel will enable Melissa Todorovic, now in her 30s, to stay in a midway home below a number of circumstances as quickly as a mattress turns into out there.
Todorovic was convicted of first-degree homicide in 2009 for ordering her then-boyfriend, David Bagshaw, to kill 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel.
Todorovic, who was 15 on the time of the homicide, grew jealous of Rengel as a result of the woman had briefly dated Bagshaw years earlier.
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She repeatedly threatened to finish her relationship with Bagshaw or withhold intercourse, till Bagshaw ultimately stabbed Rengel a number of occasions on New Year’s Day 2008 in Toronto.
Conditions for Todorovic’s day launch embrace reporting all relationships to a parole supervisor, not having any contact with the members of the sufferer’s household, observing a nightly curfew and present process psychological counselling.
In its resolution, the parole board cited Todorovic’s good behaviour in jail and the “notable progress” she has made.
“It is the board’s opinion that you’ll not, by reoffending, current an undue threat to society if launched on day parole and that your launch will contribute to the safety of society by facilitating your reintegration into society as a law-abiding citizen,” the panel wrote.
Both Todorovic and Bagshaw had been sentenced to life in jail, however Todorovic was in a position to begin making use of for parole after seven years.
In 2018, Todorovic was granted six months of day parole, however she was introduced again to jail early after the parole board discovered she was concerned in a secret love triangle with two males.
In 2024, she was granted 4 15-day unescorted absences to a midway home.
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