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Dangerous offender Bobby Zoe gets appeal hearing for 2015 conviction

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Bobby Zoe, seen leaving the Yellowknife Courthouse in 2016, has been declared a dangerous offender and sent to prison indefinitely. He will have to serve at least seven years before being able to apply for parole after his third sexual assault conviction. NNSL file photo.

Bobby Zoe, a serial sex offender appealing his indeterminate prison sentence after being deemed a danger to the public in 2017, will plead his case to a panel of Court of Appeal judges in Yellowknife later this month.

Zoe, 38, was declared a dangerous offender in 2017 after being convicted one year earlier of sexually assaulting a woman during a break-in in February 2015.

Zoe, whose lengthy criminal record includes several break and enter offences, sexually assaulted the female victim as she slept before fleeing her Yellowknife home with cash.

He carried out the attack about a month after being released from North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) where heSA国际影视传媒檇 been serving a sentence for another break and enter committed in 2013.

Bobby Zoe leaves the Yellowknife Courthouse in 2016. The dangerous offender will be appealing his conviction and indeterminate prison sentence on Oct. 22. NNSL file photo.

The February 2015 assault led to the Gameti manSA国际影视传媒檚 fourth conviction for a sexual offence.

In 2012, he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for attacking and sexually assaulting a woman in downtown Yellowknife. Zoe had recently been released from jail after completing a sentence for a sexual offence involving an underage victim at the time of the 2011 attack.

Zoe, who is currently imprisoned in Edmonton, is appealing both his sentence and his conviction in relation to the 2015 break and enter and sexual assault.

SA国际影视传媒淚 am not guilty of these crimes,SA国际影视传媒 wrote Zoe in a notice of appeal filed shortly after sentencing in 2017. SA国际影视传媒淚 believe the judge made the wrong decision convicting me,SA国际影视传媒 he continued.

Zoe appeared in NWT Supreme Court on Wednesday via video from Edmonton.
The court heard the Crown is grappling with the logistics of transporting Zoe to Yellowknife for the Court of Appeal hearing, which is scheduled to take place on Oct. 22.

Due to his status as a high-risk offender, commercial airlines wonSA国际影视传媒檛 allow him to fly, prosecutor Brendan Green told the court, adding Air Canada had answered with a "hard no."

Zoe would be required to be restrained during the flight, with his wrists shackled to his waist.

The court heard an plane as a mode of transportation is out of the question, as Zoe is fearful and anxious about flying aboard small aircraft. The Crown is still trying to fly Zoe from Edmonton to Yellowknife, with him appearing at the hearing via video as an alternative.

Zoe is representing himself on the conviction appeal, but heSA国际影视传媒檚 received legal aid and a lawyer to appeal his indeterminate sentence.

ZoeSA国际影视传媒檚 attack in February 2015, which he committed not long after being released from jail, prompted protocol changes from the . The force moved to begin alerting the public if a high-risk offender was about to be released into the community.





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