A convicted rapist who terrorized a Toronto neighbourhood during the 1980s is now living in Montreal after serving his full 20-year prison sentence.

In 1996, Michael Giroux pleaded guilty to 40 charges related to a string of sexual assaults in Toronto. He was nicknamed the High Park rapist, after the west-end neighbourhood where he stalked and broke into his victims’ homes before sexually assaulting them.

Giroux was caught and received a 20-year prison term, which he served in full after being rejected for early parole due to what the Parole Board of Canada called a high risk to reoffend.

Shortly before the now-55-year-old’s release late last year, Correctional Service Canada stated to Giroux that it “does not believe that there are any sufficient safeguards In the community to manage the risk you present to the public.”

Giroux was never declared a dangerous offender due to a deal he reached in 1996.

Giroux is currently living in a neighbourhood east of McGill University known as the McGill Ghetto. However, CTV Montreal has learned that he will soon be moving out of his current apartment.

When a CTV Montreal reporter visited the apartment complex Thursday, Giroux did not answer.

To keep tabs on Giroux, the court imposed a two-year peace bond, which prohibits him from being in the presence of minors, restricts his internet use and forbids him from possessing pornography.

Giroux voluntarily agreed to the 21 conditions, his lawyer Michael Morena said.

“Nobody is happy to be under conditions but this whole thing is something he wanted to get behind him and move on with his life and get back to real society as quickly as possible,” Morena told CTV Montreal.

With a report by CTV Montreal’s Stephane Giroux