One of those conditions is refraining from contact with female real estate agents. In the interim, Sinclair signed an undertaking, agreeing to abide by more than a dozen conditions. Sinclair's criminal history dates back to 1980, and includes five federal prison terms.Įarlier this month, CBC News revealed that the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is worried that he will re-offend, and has gone to court to get a rare type of peace bond against Sinclair, to restrict his movements.Ī hearing will be held in January on the RNC's application. He's served that time, and was released from custody in February.

John's Morning Show on Wednesday.īarry Edward Sinclair was found not guilty in 2012 of voyeurism charges related to the so-called Halifax 'sleepwatcher' case.īut a Nova Scotia judge convicted Sinclair of another break-in, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment. 'Particularly the strength of the language coming from the RNC about this guy and his history and his potential to re-offend,' Bill Stirling told the St. That's according the CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Realtors. You are contributing to debate and discussion, and helping to make this website a more open place.Real-estate agents are on edge in the wake of police advisories about a man with a long criminal history now living in St. Thank you for following these guidelines and contributing your thoughts. We will not publish comments that link to outside websites.If you're using an alias, make sure it's unique.We will not publish: Comments written that are poorly spelled or are written in caps or which use strange formatting to get noticed.We screen for comments that seek to spread information that is false or misleading.We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.Preference is given to commenters who use real names.Please be advised:Ĭomments are moderated and will not appear on site until they have been reviewed.Ĭomments are not open on some news articles Bell Media reserves the right to choose commenting availability. Bell Media reviews every comment submitted, and reserves the right to approve comments and edit for brevity and clarity. With files from CTV Atlantic's Kelland Sundahl Police say they don’t have any information to suggest women in the south end are more at risk or less at risk since Sinclair was sent to prison, but they say the case remains open. So I don't think people should just stop locking their doors because one guy is in jail,” says Lavell. “It’s not clear whether or not it was one person doing this, it could have been multiple people. “The bottom line is, smart behaviour should be exercised by folks all the time, regardless of this case or not,” says Dalhousie University spokesperson Charles Crosby. University officials say students should still lock their doors as a precaution. “Knowing that there isn't somebody walking around with the potential to, not necessarily harm us, but scare us and invade what we consider our personal property, our safe space, it's a relief to know, absolutely,” says Evans.

This week, Sinclair was sentenced to five years in prison and some residents are admitting they are relieved. However, the judge acquitted Sinclair on the voyeurism charges. The judge found Sinclair guilty of break and enter because he said the cellphone proved he had been there. Sinclair was charged with five counts of voyeurism and two counts of break and enter in the case.

In that case, a woman in a south end apartment woke up after a man entered her bedroom door.

There were multiple reports of women waking up to find a man watching them sleep between 20 and at one point, it looked like police might have caught the so-called ‘ South End Sleepwatcher.’īarry Edward Sinclair was arrested a year ago after his cellphone was discovered at the scene of a break and enter. “Every little noise you heard, you'd wonder, is that someone going to come and break into my apartment, invade my privacy? It was definitely scary.” “There were a couple tough nights sleeping, I was always scared,” says resident Alex Evans. It has been awhile since any new 'sleewatching' incidents have been reported in the south end of Halifax, but the file remains open, and women in the area haven’t forgotten about the creepy case.

Halifax sleepwatcher