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Convicted murderer recaptured after walking away from Dorchester Penitentiary

CBC News | Posted: August 13, 2023 1:51 PM | Last Updated: August 13, 2023

Robert Hilroy Legge convicted of second-degree murder in death of Ann Lucas in N.L. in 2003

Image | Robert Hilroy Legge

Caption: Robert Hilroy Legge is shown in court for Lucas's murder in 2003. Legge is now in his mid-eighties. (CBC)

A convicted murderer "walked away" from the minimum security Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, N.B., Saturday, according to a news release from Corrections Canada.
Around 3 p.m., Robert Hilroy Legge left the property, but was "apprehended immediately" by staff, the release states.
Corrections Canada said they are investigating.
Legge was sentenced to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Ann Lucas in Stephenville, N.L., 20 years ago.

Image | Ann Maria Lucas

Caption: Ann Lucas is shown in an undated photo. Her niece remembers the mother of two as a "beautiful kind soul." (Submitted)

Lucas was killed in 2003 in her apartment when she was 56 years old.
Legge is in his mid-eighties.

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