BC Sex Offender Randall Hopley Stays in Custody After Skipping Court Date

Published on November 24, 2023

A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier this month remains in custody awaiting his next court date. Randall Hopley was to appear in court on Nov. 24, but his case was put off until Dec. 8 in British Columbia provincial court. Police say Mr. Hopley cut off his electronic monitoring device after he walked away from a halfway house in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Nov. 4. Mr. Hopley had been on a 10-year supervision order after serving a six-year prison term for abducting a three-year-old boy in southeastern B.C., but he was charged last January for allegedly violating those conditions and was to appear in court Nov. 6....