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No punishment ascribed by this court would do justice to you

That report details Subbiah’s “denial and minimalization … lack of victim empathy” and his “indifference” to the consequences of his crimes. It found him a continuing risk to the public.

Subbiah’s crimes, for which he was arrested in 1990, involved a deceitful pattern of promising young women work in modelling, then secretly drugging them as a means to rape.

His violence included beatings with a piece of lumber, and in the case of his wife, throwing her down stairs, and discharging a starter pistol into her back, causing burns and psychological trauma. There were threats of wild animals to be used as weapons, according to the parole denial report.

As a judge put it, his behaviour was “so disgusting and so vile that no punishment ascribed by this court would do justice to you.”

The report indicates he refused to take part in a long-term sexual offenders rehabilitation program. Fully a decade into his sentence, prison staff discovered he had been harassing and manipulating women to obtain nude pictures and phone sex, with the help of his wife.

He pleaded guilty to 70 offences involving over 30 victims, of whom four were in a relationship with him. They were mainly sexual assaults and administering a noxious substance. Many other charges were not pursued because of his guilty plea.

In his lawsuit, Subbiah’s argument was that CSC allowed the parole report to be posted online, and therefore exposed him and his wife to danger. He claimed this not only violated his privacy, but it broke a law that requires the National Parole Board (now Parole Board of Canada) not to disclose information that “could reasonably be expected… to jeopardize the safety of any person.”