Statutory release for Calgary man who killed five-year-old grandson

A Calgary man convicted of manslaughter in the death of his five-year-old grandson has been granted statutory release from prison. The Parole Board of Canada says in a decision that Allan Perdomo Lopez is to have no contact with children.

The now-65-year-old was sentenced in 2019 to nine years after Emilio Perdomo died of a traumatic brain injury. Five months earlier, the boy had been sent to Canada from Mexico by his mother for a better life.

Court heard the boy was subjected to months of physical abuse, with bruising and scars found all over his body. The trial heard a recording of the grandfather tearfully praying in Spanish, asking God for forgiveness and saying he``didn't want to kill that child.''

Perdomo Lopez was denied day parole and full parole in 2022. Under law, federal offenders who serve two-thirds of a prison term can get statutory release with supervision in the community for the remainder of their sentence.