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The man suspected of murdering three women in the Ottawa Valley is a former millwright whose life seems to have spiralled out of control during the past five years.
Basil Joseph Borutski, 57, has been identified as the man who allegedly shot dead three women in the area around Wilno, a small town about 180 kilometres west of Ottawa.
Borutski was recently released from jail after being sentenced to 19 months for assault, theft and a firearms offence.
He has a troubled history with police: Court documents reveal that he believed that he was the victim of a longstanding harassment campaign by the Ontario Provincial Police.
“People stay away from trouble — so he was someone who was losing friends,” said Janice Visneskie Moore, mayor of the Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
Moore grew up with Basil Borutski near Round Lake, where she knew the Borutskis as a large, hardworking family. He was a normal kid, she said, but later had “lots of tragedy” in his life.
“I feel bad for all them involved,” Moore said. “In a small community, it seems like we hurt more because everybody knows everybody.”
Reached at his home on Round Lake, Borutski’s younger brother, William, said only: “Sorry, not today.”
Court documents reveal that Basil Borutski was unlucky, abusive and violent.
As a young man, his right hand was severed, then reattached, in a workplace injury in Kitchener, which made it difficult for him to write. He returned to school and learned to be a millwright, but suffered a serious motor vehicle accident in 1994 that left him permanently disabled and unable to work.
His problems with the law began after the final breakdown of his marriage in August 2008.
His relationship with Mary Ann Borutski started in 1982, and together they raised three children: Candace, Amanda and Sahra. But in a November 2011 court hearing, held as part of a contentious divorce proceeding, both Candace and Amanda — despite being called as witnesses by their father — “verified their mother’s version of the dysfunction in the marriage and confirmed that Basil was violent, easily agitated and tyrannical toward his family members.”
Ontario Superior Court Justice Rick Leroy was unsparing in his assessment of that marriage: “From what the witnesses said at trial,” he said, “this was a wretched marital relationship.”
Candace testified that she had a vivid memory of her father’s violence toward her mother — violence that included hair pulling, slapping and an attempt to push her from a moving vehicle, according to the 2011 judgment in the divorce case.
During the same hearing, Borutski’s daughter, Amanda, told the judge that her father made repeated threats to burn down the family home should Mary Ann be awarded exclusive possession of it.
The Borutski’s Round Lake home burned to the ground in January 2011 months after Basil Borutski cancelled the insurance policy that covered it. The OPP and the Office of the Fire Marshall investigated the incident, but no charges were laid in connection with the fire.
Mary Ann Borutski asked the court to award her half of the home’s original value and the court ultimately agreed with her, awarding her an equalization payment of $92,000.
“Basil unilaterally and without notice to Mary Ann terminated the fire insurance and vacated the property while resisting every initiative Mary Ann took to re-occupy and protect the premises,” the judge ruled.
During the court proceeding, Basil Borutski said his estranged wife made repeated, false accusations of domestic assault against him during their on-and-off 16 year relationship. He called Mary Ann vindictive and manipulative, and suggested her judgment and memory were impaired by mental health issues.
His estranged wife told court that Borutski had “destroyed her spirit” through relentless threats and abuse, and that he reconciled with her only in order to evade domestic assault charges.
As Borutski’s marriage ended in acrimony, he also came into conflict with the law. At 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve 2010, Borutski was stopped by an OPP RIDE program in the Township of Killaloe, Hagary and Richards. The officer assessed Borutski but allowed him to proceed. As he left the police stop, Borutski shouted, “Happy New Year,” to the officers. His words were slurred, the officers decided, and they followed him for the next six kilometres.
They saw him weave side to side and pulled him over for a breathalyzer, which he failed. At his subsequent trial in front of Ontario Court Justice R. G. Selkirk, Borutski accused the officers of “rigging” the roadside screening device to ensure he failed, and of beating him. He later refused to provide an official breath sample.
Borutski, who said he suffered from an anxiety disorder, also claimed he was the victim of 16 years of Ontario Provincial Police harassment, but Judge Selkirk rejected that allegation. “I don’t believe much of anything that he said,” Selkirk told court. “He has made ridiculous, unsubstantiated claims of police abuse.”
Borutski was convicted of failing to provide a breath sample in October 2010 and later lost an appeal of that conviction.
He was arrested two years later on a raft of other charges, including auto theft and operating a motor vehicle while disqualified. While in custody at Killaloe Provincial Court, he was involved in another incident that resulted in him being charged with assault and mischief. He was sentenced to 575 days in jail in September 2014 while being credited for almost a year in custody.
— With files from Gary Dimmock
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Basil Joseph Borutski, 57, has been identified as the man who allegedly shot dead three women in the area around Wilno, a small town about 180 kilometres west of Ottawa.
Borutski was recently released from jail after being sentenced to 19 months for assault, theft and a firearms offence.
He has a troubled history with police: Court documents reveal that he believed that he was the victim of a longstanding harassment campaign by the Ontario Provincial Police.
“People stay away from trouble — so he was someone who was losing friends,” said Janice Visneskie Moore, mayor of the Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
Moore grew up with Basil Borutski near Round Lake, where she knew the Borutskis as a large, hardworking family. He was a normal kid, she said, but later had “lots of tragedy” in his life.
“I feel bad for all them involved,” Moore said. “In a small community, it seems like we hurt more because everybody knows everybody.”
Reached at his home on Round Lake, Borutski’s younger brother, William, said only: “Sorry, not today.”
Court documents reveal that Basil Borutski was unlucky, abusive and violent.
As a young man, his right hand was severed, then reattached, in a workplace injury in Kitchener, which made it difficult for him to write. He returned to school and learned to be a millwright, but suffered a serious motor vehicle accident in 1994 that left him permanently disabled and unable to work.
His problems with the law began after the final breakdown of his marriage in August 2008.
His relationship with Mary Ann Borutski started in 1982, and together they raised three children: Candace, Amanda and Sahra. But in a November 2011 court hearing, held as part of a contentious divorce proceeding, both Candace and Amanda — despite being called as witnesses by their father — “verified their mother’s version of the dysfunction in the marriage and confirmed that Basil was violent, easily agitated and tyrannical toward his family members.”
Ontario Superior Court Justice Rick Leroy was unsparing in his assessment of that marriage: “From what the witnesses said at trial,” he said, “this was a wretched marital relationship.”
Candace testified that she had a vivid memory of her father’s violence toward her mother — violence that included hair pulling, slapping and an attempt to push her from a moving vehicle, according to the 2011 judgment in the divorce case.
During the same hearing, Borutski’s daughter, Amanda, told the judge that her father made repeated threats to burn down the family home should Mary Ann be awarded exclusive possession of it.
The Borutski’s Round Lake home burned to the ground in January 2011 months after Basil Borutski cancelled the insurance policy that covered it. The OPP and the Office of the Fire Marshall investigated the incident, but no charges were laid in connection with the fire.
Mary Ann Borutski asked the court to award her half of the home’s original value and the court ultimately agreed with her, awarding her an equalization payment of $92,000.
“Basil unilaterally and without notice to Mary Ann terminated the fire insurance and vacated the property while resisting every initiative Mary Ann took to re-occupy and protect the premises,” the judge ruled.
During the court proceeding, Basil Borutski said his estranged wife made repeated, false accusations of domestic assault against him during their on-and-off 16 year relationship. He called Mary Ann vindictive and manipulative, and suggested her judgment and memory were impaired by mental health issues.
His estranged wife told court that Borutski had “destroyed her spirit” through relentless threats and abuse, and that he reconciled with her only in order to evade domestic assault charges.
As Borutski’s marriage ended in acrimony, he also came into conflict with the law. At 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve 2010, Borutski was stopped by an OPP RIDE program in the Township of Killaloe, Hagary and Richards. The officer assessed Borutski but allowed him to proceed. As he left the police stop, Borutski shouted, “Happy New Year,” to the officers. His words were slurred, the officers decided, and they followed him for the next six kilometres.
They saw him weave side to side and pulled him over for a breathalyzer, which he failed. At his subsequent trial in front of Ontario Court Justice R. G. Selkirk, Borutski accused the officers of “rigging” the roadside screening device to ensure he failed, and of beating him. He later refused to provide an official breath sample.
Borutski, who said he suffered from an anxiety disorder, also claimed he was the victim of 16 years of Ontario Provincial Police harassment, but Judge Selkirk rejected that allegation. “I don’t believe much of anything that he said,” Selkirk told court. “He has made ridiculous, unsubstantiated claims of police abuse.”
Borutski was convicted of failing to provide a breath sample in October 2010 and later lost an appeal of that conviction.
He was arrested two years later on a raft of other charges, including auto theft and operating a motor vehicle while disqualified. While in custody at Killaloe Provincial Court, he was involved in another incident that resulted in him being charged with assault and mischief. He was sentenced to 575 days in jail in September 2014 while being credited for almost a year in custody.
— With files from Gary Dimmock
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