Animal killer Kayla Bourque granted unescorted community visits

A high-risk offenderwho was convicted of torturing andkilling animalsandadmitted to wanting to kill homeless peoplehas been granted two-hour,weekly unescorted visits into the community.

Under the conditions ofthe order, KaylaBourquewill have to wear aGPS braceletandprovide a detailed itinerary.

The unsupervised visits can only take placeon Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. PT.

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"It's all to further rehabilitation which is really the purpose of a probation order," said her lawyer,AndrewBonfield. "The idea is to gradually give her a bit more freedom and flexibility."

He said Bourqueis keen to establish trust with the parole board, and she sees this as an opportunity to do so.

"This is just the beginning of a long process for Miss Bourque, and we're just hoping that it can be really well planned and that at the end of it she's that much more independent and adjusted."

Previous probation breach

Bourque, 25,was convicted in November 2012 of causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals, willfully and without lawful excuse, killing animals, and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

She lives inNew Westminster, B.C.,her life governed by a set of 47 conditions, which include notaccessing social networking sites orowning a device with online capability. She can only goonline under the supervision of a probation officer to look for work.

In March 2013, Bourquewasarrested for breaching conditions of her probationsurrounding her use of the internet.

On Jan. 20, sheappeared in Vancouver provincial court for a review of thetwo-year probation term she got last fall after breaching a sentence she received in 2013for killing and torturing her family pets.

Once considered a promising student at SimonFraserUniversity, Bourque saw herdreams of being a criminologist cut short in 2012 by a startling confession to a fellow student that she had dismembered cats in her hometown of Prince George, and that she fantasized about getting a gun and shooting a homeless person.

She claimed she was taking forensic classes to "get away" with something in the future.

That admission led to a search of Bourque'sresidence andthe discovery of a bag containing a kitchen knife, a razor blade and a mask, along with videos of her killing and hanging the family dog.

She was diagnosed as a sexual sadist and narcissist with sociopathic tendencieswhen she was first sentenced.