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Michael Tutton Allan Legere is escorted from the RCMP detachment in what is now Miramichi, N.B. on Nov. 24, 1989, after being arrested earlier in the day. A written decision denying Allan Legere's parole says he planned a hostage taking and escape the same year he was convicted of multiple, brutal killings in Miramichi, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 20, 2021 - 2:04 PM HALIFAX - Allan Legere plotted a fresh escape the year he was convicted of a series of brutal killings that had created panic in Miramichi, N.B., according to a written decision denyi...

The decision also contains new details of an escape attempt not widely known in the past. The convicted murderer, rapist and arsonist famously escaped from custody on May 3, 1989, while serving a life sentence for the murder of store owner John Glendenning during a 1986 robbery. He then terrorized in the Miramichi area as he carried out four more brutal murders, several arsons and a sexual assault before being recaptured on Nov. 24, 1989. Yet, even when he was imprisoned at the maximum security Atlantic Institution following his 1991 conviction, Legere appeared to keep plotting how he could g...