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Ego, attitude and a sense of entitlement.

Sex offender Carl Leone says he’s a changed man, but he failed on Thursday to convince parole board members he’s not the same self-centred predator who infected five women with HIV.

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The two-person panel rejected Leone’s bid for day parole, which would have seen him released from the confines of prison to live at a halfway house in the community.

“I do understand the pain and suffering my actions have caused my victims,” Leone said during the hearing at Joyceville Institution outside Kingston. “That is something I will remember the rest of my life.

“I never want to resemble the guy I was prior to 2004. I realize that guy had major faults.”

Leone, who just turned 40, was convicted in 2008 on 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

He told the Parole Board of Canada on Thursday he’s seen the error of his ways and he realizes how he hurt his victims.