Photo caption: The mafioso Francesco Del Balso will be able to regain his freedom after three months of penitence behind bars for threatening a journalist from our Investigation Bureau.
The Parole Board of Canada (PBC) gave her another chance on Thursday, but she warned the 48-year-old Lavallois that she is clearly "dissatisfied" with the behavior he's been showing for the last three years in recent years. attempts to reintegrate society.
"Old habits" In its decision Le Journal received a copy Friday, the PBC finds that this former strongman of the Rizzuto clan is still struggling to manage his emotions and he tends to "fall back into his old habits" mafia intimidating and threatening soon that he is upset.
This is what happened on October 11th during his last free day.
The mafioso was still embittered by a report broadcast a month earlier, in the Journal and on the airwaves of TVA, citing his alleged extortion attempts in pizzerias in Quebec. However, no charges were laid against him.
Del Balso first spoke about the order sought to a prosecutor and two police officers on site but they "did not price seriously," says the PBC.
"Will I have to deal with it myself and arrange for him to be in a box," said Del Balso in front of witnesses in reference to the journalist, according to the PBC's decision.
The same day, correctional services brought Del Balso back to the penitentiary as he had just violated his release conditions. And the next day he appeared in court to answer a charge for uttering threats.
Frustrated He pleaded guilty on December 6, receiving 30 days in jail and a two-year probation. Del Balso said he talked about "frustration" and that he "did not really think" what he said.
Commissioners also took the opportunity to deplore the fact that his previous releases were often tainted by his "lack of transparency" and his disagreements with the federal staff responsible for his supervision.
For three years, when he is not incarcerated, Del Balso works for a fruit and vegetable distribution company.
Eventful liberation His first two statutory release suspensions had followed the murders of his former mafia partners, Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, both shot dead in Laval in the spring of 2017. The authorities had then received information that Del Balso was "the next on the list".
Then, on May 7, 2017, an armed and violent hoodie appeared in his absence at his former home in the Vimont neighborhood, demanding to know where Del Balso was.
The authorities had immediately returned the Mafioso impulsive to detention, in part because he had dumped his electronic bracelet with a GPS device through which the correctional service could follow him from a distance.
Del Balso claims he has cut the bridges with the Montreal mafia and intends to live his life away from crime, the commission said.
