Police warn of sex offender’s release from jail

Law enforcement officials are warning that a convicted sex offender released from Milner Ridge jail on Thursday is expected to live in Winnipeg.

The Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, a joint force unit of Winnipeg police and the RCMP, says Desmond Jared Shane Catcheway, 37, is considered a high risk to re-offend in a sexual or sexually violent way against women and girls.

He was let out of jail Thursday after serving a roughly six-month sentence for failing to comply with a prohibition order and a breach of recognizance.

Catcheway has been convicted of several sex offences, dating back to a sex assault on a sleeping woman he did not know in 2013, and has a history of breaching court orders.

He has refused to participate in sex offender programming while serving time, police say.

Catcheway is subject to various conditions, including that he stay away from public places where children can be reasonably expected to be present.