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Shawn Lamb’s legislated statutory release date — 12 years after he was sentenced — was met with fear and anger from Sue Caribou, an aunt of both Carolyn Sinclair, one of Lamb’s confirmed victims, and Tanya Ne- pinak, his alleged third victim whose body has not been found. “I’ve been crying. I’ve been shak- ing,” Caribou said Wednesday after be- ing told of Lamb’s impending release. “The justice system fails us all the time. I don’t know where the hell he is, and it’s scary. “We deserve to know where they put Shawn Lamb. I don’t want to be feeling unsafe every day I go out.” Lamb, 66, was ordered to live in a halfway house or psychiatric facility for at least six months because he would otherwise pose an “undue risk” to reoffend, a 10-page Parole Board of Canada decision said. The document, dated last Thursday, did not identify the community where he will live. The name of the mini- mum-security prison where he was being held was redacted. Correctional Service of Canada spokesperson Kerry Gatien confirmed Thursday is Lamb’s statutory release date. Notifications to victims or their families are not automatic when a prisoner is released. They are required to register with the parole board or correctional service to be notified. Police charged Lamb with three counts of second-degree murder in 2012. He later admitted to manslaugh- ter in Lorna Blacksmith and Sinclair’s deaths in a plea deal. Lamb denied killing Nepinak. The charge against him in her death was stayed, after the Crown cited a lack of evidence. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, including two years of credit for time served, in 2013. CHRIS KITCHING Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’: documents WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender’s crimes — is unclear. The White House quickly accused Demo- crats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president. Democrats on the House oversight committee released three emails referencing Trump, including one Epstein wrote in 2011 in which he told confidant Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a sex-trafficking victim. The disclosures seemed designed to raise new questions about Trump’s friendship with Epstein and about what knowledge he may have had regarding what prosecutors call a yearslong effort by Epstein to exploit underage girls. The Republican businessman-turned-politician has consistently denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and has said he ended their relationship years ago. The version of the 2011 email released by the Democrats redacted the name of the victim, but Repub- licans on the committee later said it was Virginia Giuffre, who accused Epstein of arranging for her to have sexual encounters with a number of his rich and powerful friends. Epstein took his own life in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges. The emails made public Wednesday are part of a batch of 23,000 docu- ments provided by Epstein’s estate to the oversight committee. Giuffre, who died earlier this year, had long insisted Trump was not among the men who had victimized her. MICHAEL R. SISAK AND ERIC TUCKER Officer who pleaded guilty to corruption charges called ‘sacrificial lamb’ Ticket fixing rife at police service: retired cop ERIK PINDERA AND DEAN PRITCHARD CANCELLING traffic tickets issued to officers’ friends and associates has been a pervasive practice throughout the Winnipeg Police Ser- vice for years, a retired officer says. “There were bottles (of liquor) coming through (the traffic services division) all the time. It’s been com- mon since the beginning of time… It’s all about who you know and what your history is,” said the recently retired cop, speaking to the Free Press on the condition of anonymi- ty. Liquor was gifted as thanks for cancelled tickets. The retiree made the comments in the wake of an officer’s admission of guilt in relation to a decade’s worth of corruption charges last week. Const. Elston Bostock, 48, pleaded guilty Friday to a slew of charges, including breach of trust and obstruction of justice, for incidents dating back to 2016. He’s also expect- ed to plead guilty to drug-trafficking charges later this month. Bostock admitted to having other officers toss out traffic tickets that had been given to friends or as- sociates in exchange for liquor or gift cards on several occasions. On other occasions, his attempts were rebuffed by colleagues. Three other officers stand ac- cused of committing offences while partnered with Bostock, who was an officer for more than 22 years. He’s currently on an unpaid suspension while the court deals with his case. While Bostock “was a f—-up from the beginning” and should have been drummed out of the force long ago, he is being used as a “scapegoat” for the police service, which has long looked the other way as members, from all ranks, engaged in ticket fixing, said the retired cop. “Nobody’s integrity is spotless.” Bostock “is the sacrificial lamb,” the retired officer said. “Who’s going to take the chance now?” The retired officer added they knew traffic unit officers at the time who were “so fed up with other offi- cers calling to have tickets pulled.” MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF David Walker, electrician with Knight Electric, installs new lights in the sleigh of the Santa float ahead of Saturday’s parade. See story on B1 ● CORRUPTION, CONTINUED ON A5 ● CONVICTED, CONTINUED ON A3 ● EPSTEIN, CONTINUED ON A2 Man convicted of killing two Indigenous women set free today; victim’s family worries ;