Colin Thatcher does not-so-hard time: Prison has golf course: Former politician who killed ex-wife is in low-security facility National Edition

Thatcher, who was convicted of bludgeoning JoAnn Wilson 20 times with a sharp instrument before pumping a bullet through her brain in 1983, can now practise his putting on a nine-hole golf course at Ferndale minimum-security prison in Mission, B.C. At Ferndale, the front gate is always open, but a m...

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Published inNational post (Toronto)
Main Author Tom Arnold and Kate Jennison
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 04.02.1999
Subjects
Criminal sentences
Golf
Hawes, Randy
Music festivals
Prisoners
Prisons
Thatcher, Colin
Wilson, JoAnn
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Summary:Thatcher, who was convicted of bludgeoning JoAnn Wilson 20 times with a sharp instrument before pumping a bullet through her brain in 1983, can now practise his putting on a nine-hole golf course at Ferndale minimum-security prison in Mission, B.C. At Ferndale, the front gate is always open, but a metre-high chain-link fence does surround the penitentiary. The National Post has learned that Thatcher, son of Ross Thatcher, a former Liberal premier of Saskatchewan, was quietly moved to Ferndale from a maximum-security institution in Edmonton about six months ago. Color Photo: Bill Keay, The Vancouver Sun / A prisoner stands next to the Ferndale prison's golf course in this 1994 file photo. Inmates at the minimum-security prison share duplex-style homes with television and telephones, and can leave the prison grounds for jobs or volunteer work in the community. ; Color Photo: Saskatoon Star- Phoenix / [Colin Thatcher], seen here in 1996, was convicted in 1984 of killing his ex-wife. ;
ISSN:1486-8008