The young B.C. man who dragged a gas station attendant to his death over $12 in fuel is back behind bars after violating the conditions of his parole once again.
Darnell Pratt, 22, surrendered to police in Victoria late Saturday night, 12 days after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest when he walked away from his halfway house.
Pratt was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2005 after he was convicted of manslaughter for running down 24-year-old Grant de Patie with his car and dragging him for seven kilometres.
This is the second time that Pratt has breached the conditions of his parole. He was first granted statutory release in June 2010, but his freedom was revoked in less than two days when he failed to meet curfew.
According to the parole board that granted his most recent release, Pratt used drugs and alcohol while in prison, is mentally unstable and has a violent temper.
While in prison, Pratt fought with prisoners and verbally abused staff, according to board documents. Even before he was convicted, he assaulted another inmate who needed stitches on his face and chin.
Still, the board ruled that authorities had no choice but to release him because he had served more than two-thirds of his sentence.
More than a dozen conditions were placed on Pratt's release, including that he receive psychological counselling to address his mental health issues and not take any drugs or drink alcohol.
The father of victim de Patie described Pratt's repeated breaches of his conditions "a mockery of the justice system."
Doug de Patie told CTV News earlier this month that his son's killer has shown no remorse.
"He needs to be locked up," de Patie said.
Grant de Patie's death was instrumental in the government passing Grant's Law, which forces drivers to pay for gas before it's pumped.
