A predatory sexual offender who lures his victims using social media and has raped five teenage girls in southern Alberta since 2003 has been designated a dangerous offender and handed an indefinite sentence. She ruled the 35-year-old is a dangerous offender (DO) who must serve an indeterminate sentence. Pritchard, who is from the southwestern Alberta community of Coaldale, targeted girls between the ages of 13 and 15, behaviour that Kubik described as "persistent, calculated," "predatory" and "aggressive." Kubik found Pritchard targeted girls whose "fractured family lives, financial need, low self-esteem and need for belonging and love" made them particularly vulnerable. In 2018 and 2019, Pritchard was convicted on new counts of sexual assault and luring, having targeted the girls on social media.

Source: CBC News January 14, 2021 20:23 UTC