HUNTER: Murder victim’s nasty past, more Gacy victims? and cop killer’s parole bid KO’d | Maqvi News

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Jama Roble, 33, hit the pavement in Ottawa’s Little Italy after a hitter parked a slew of bullets in his body on Jan. 29. He died on Thursday in an Ottawa-area hospital.

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Cops say Gibriil Bakal, 29, of Edmonton, is wanted for first-degree murder in the brazen daylight Roble hit. There is not much on the accused killer’s CV.

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His victim’s criminal past, on the other hand, begs the question: How did he last so long?

In 2015, Roble was arrested with two other men on a sex trafficking beef in Regina. The trio were also accused of sexually assaulting the 24-year-old victim, and common assault, while keeping her as a prisoner for 20 hours. In 2017, he was convicted of sexual assault with a weapon and sentenced to four years in a federal prison.

Then, in March 2021, Roble was back in action in the nation’s capital. Roble and his 21-year-old gal pal allegedly shot a 65-year-old man in the Byward Market in what was described as a “targeted incident.” Cops said at the time, Roble was “armed and dangerous”.

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Police say Bakal is 6-foot-1, and weighs about 190 pounds. Homicide detectives urged anyone with information to call 613-236-1222, ext. 5493.

MORE GACY VICTIMS?

We have written on several occasions about the strong likelihood that some of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims remain unknown. During the 1970s, the killer clown terrorized suburban Chicago, raping, torturing and murdering young boys and men. Thirty-three bodies were found under the crawl space of his bungalow and in the Des Plaines River.

Now, the lawyer who tried to save the fiend from being executed (she failed, and he got the big adios in 1994) has written a new tome entitled, Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy.

“Sitting with John Gacy was like sitting with your favourite uncle or a bus driver or somebody who you knew and saw every day. He did not appear evil,” Karen Conti told NewsNation, adding that his affability allowed him to hide in plain sight.

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“If there’s anyone who deserves the death penalty, it would be someone like John Gacy. I don’t believe in the death penalty. I never did. And I never will,” Conti said.

She added:  “I took on this representation, not to get him out of prison, but just to save his life.”

But Conti acknowledged there were almost certainly more victims, given Gacy’s travels. The legal eagle believes detectives should look at the Pacific Northwest, Florida, and Wisconsin for possible victims.

COP KILLER WILL STAY ON ICE

The Big Apple had hit rock bottom. With more than 2,000 homicides a year in the late 1980s, largely fuelled by the Crack Wars, the metropolis seemed to be going down the tubes. Then it got worse. And it shocked the nation.

On Feb. 26, 1988, rookie NYPD cop Eddie Byrne, 22, was assassinated in his patrol car while guarding a witness in Jamaica, Queens. The murder was at the behest of drug lord Howard “Pappy” Mason, who wanted to send a message about who was REALLY in charge.

Mason and the killers — they did it for a measly $8,000 — were eventually arrested, convicted and caged. One of the accused, Todd Scott — doing a 25-years-to-life sentence — just had his bid for freedom shot down.

New York has been on a splurge recently, releasing more than three dozen cop killers since 2017, the New York Post reported.

bhunter@postmedia.com

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