Cop killer Laurie Bell ordered back to prison

Cop killer Laurie Bell (inset) lied about her 'boy.' Confronted by her parole officer with the allegation that she was secretly having an affair with a federal prison guard she met while behind bars in Edmonton, Bell "vehemently denied any involvement," according to a parole board decision made April 3, 2009 (read the whole decision after the jump). The document explains the decision to throw Bell, who has been free on statutory release for a year, back behind bars. One tidbit of evidence: There were phone numbers for the prison guard in Bell's cellphone listed under 'my boy.'
Bell eventually confessed to the affair. She "admitted to all of the accusations, took responsibility for lying and confirmed [being] involved in a relationship with the individual in question," the National Parole Board document reveals. Bell, 27, is serving a seven-year prison sentence for her role in the 2001 murder of Manitoba Mountie Dennis Strongquill. She was freed from prison March 18, 2008, with strict conditions in place, but in February 2009 parole authorities were tipped about her affair. One of her conditions required her to report all intimate relationships, since her last boyfriend proved to be a crazed cop killer. During an interview with her parole officer and a supervisor, Bell's cellphone rang and the staff heard a male voice ask: 'Why are you going back to jail?' Bell said it was her mother calling. Bell didn't bother to appear before the parole board members. She allowed them to make the decision to cancel her release based on a paper review.


For background and more parole records on Bell, see a previous post.

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