Paul Bernardo
Canadian serial killer and serial rapist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as Paul Jason Teale,[2][3] is a Canadian serial rapist and serial killer dubbed the Scarborough Rapist, the Schoolgirl Killer and, together with his former wife Karla Homolka, one of the Ken and Barbie Killers. He is known for initially committing a series of rapes in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, between 1987 and 1990, before committing three murders with Homolka; among these victims was Karla's younger sister, Tammy Homolka.
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Born | Paul Kenneth Bernardo (1964-08-27) August 27, 1964 (age 59) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
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Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with a possibility of parole after 25 years Declared a dangerous offender in 1995 |
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Victims | 3 killed; at least 14 raped and 6 attempted to rape |
Span of crimes | May 1987 – April 19, 1992 |
Country | Canada |
Date apprehended | February 17, 1993 |
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After his capture and conviction, Bernardo was sentenced to life imprisonment and was later declared a dangerous offender, thus making it unlikely that he will ever be released from prison. Following his conviction, Bernardo confessed to ten more rapes committed a year before the spree ascribed to the Scarborough Rapist. Karla Homolka was given a lighter sentence in exchange for testifying against Bernardo as part of a controversial plea bargain; she was released from prison in 2005.