Cops hunt ex-B.C. prison guard who may have helped mobster escape
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Cops are hunting a former correctional officer who is suspected of aiding one of Canada’s most dangerous criminals escape.
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According to CBC News, police in British Columbia have issued an arrest warrant for Naila Sheikh, who has been charged with breach of trust, personation with intent to gain advantage, and unauthorized use of a computer.
Sheikh had been the case manager for gangster Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil, who brazenly escaped the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam in July 2022.
In addition, she is wanted for impersonating Shamaila Sheikh in or near Victoria for personal gain. Citing court documents, the CBC reports the charges stem from incidents that occurred between February and March of 2024.
It is not clear whether prison guard and gangster were romantically involved.
Who is gangster Rabih Alkhalil?
Alkhalil is a twice-convicted underworld killer who at one point was Canada’s most wanted fugitive. After he went on the run, he fled to Qatar, where he was arrested last September and remains detained waiting for his extradition to Canada.
He allegedly tried to escape twice in Qatar.
The hitman was convicted of first-degree murder in the January 2012 hit on gangland rival Sandip Duhre in downtown Vancouver. A B.C. jury found him guilty in absentia in August 2022 — one month after his daring prison escape.
The thug was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for his role in the shocking daylight execution of Johnny Raposo , who was shot on a patio in Toronto’s Little Italy. Alkhalil fled to Greece before being extradited back to Canada to stand trial. He was also convicted for cocaine trafficking in Quebec.
What is known about his B.C. escape?
Alkhalil became a gangland legend when he escaped from prison. Two accomplices dressed as commercial contractors used a plasma torch to cut open an outdoor security grate. The killer put on a safety vest and walked out and into a waiting white Ford van.
Three others were charged with conspiracy in the B.C. escape, which remains under investigation. Those charged were Ryan Van Gool, 46, of Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., and Edward Ayoub, 48, and John Potvin, 49, both of Ottawa. Potvin was arrested in Spain and extradited back to Canada in January.
The trio were charged with prison breach and conspiracy to commit prison breach for allegedly posing as contractors to help Alkhalil walk out of the facility.
Now, the next head police are after is Naila Sheikh, although it isn’t clear if the charges against her are tied to the escape.
Second B.C. corrections scandal
Sheikh is the second former B.C. correctional employee to be charged over the past year. Ramandeep Rai, 31, of Abbotsford, faced two breach of trust charges unrelated to the prison break.
On Wednesday, Rai was given a soft-touch two-year conditional sentence to be served in the community for failing to report that an inmate, with whom she was having a sexual relationship, had a cellphone.
Acting communications counsel Ann Seymour of the B.C. Prosecution Service confirmed to CBC the charge was sworn on May 28. There have been no court appearances as “there is a warrant outstanding” for Sheikh’s arrest.
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