A retired civil servant who firebombed a Glebe bank to make a political point is out of prison.

Earlier this month — and about a year before the expiration of his prison sentence — the Parole Board of Canada granted Roger Clement statutory release.

Clement, 60, had pleaded guilty to arson and mischief after he and two accomplices splashed gasoline around a Royal Bank branch then tossed in a Molotov cocktail early on May 18, 2010.

The place erupted, causing $1.6 million in damage.

Clement then posted online a video of the explosion along with a rant denouncing the bank as “a major sponsor of the recently concluded 2010 Olympics on stolen indigenous land.”

He got 3-1/2 years in prison plus time served in December 2010.

Clement had been denied parole in March 2012 after the parole board noted he had been “flagged as an anarchist and ... suspected of domestic terrorism.”

His refusal to name or rat out his accomplices “demonstrates ingrained criminal values,” the board concluded.

But on March 11, the board changed its tune and granted him statutory release — albeit with reservations.

The board expressed skepticism in an assessment that found him a low risk to reoffend, questioning whether the “actuarial testing used adequately assesses the risk of an individual who commits an offence ... for political reasons.”

Under the conditions of his release, Clement cannot participate in group protests without the approval of his parole officer, and he must also undergo a psychological assessment.

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