Convicted sex offender declared dangerous offender

A 34-year-old man with a history of violent sex crimes has been declared a dangerous offender.

Phillip Lionel Levac was handed the designation during an appearance Friday in Regina Court of King’s Bench.

As a dangerous offender, Levac could face an indeterminate sentence. But Justice Graeme Mitchell didn’t set a sentence during Friday’s hearing, opting instead to ask for submissions from the Crown and defence counsel.

A date wasn’t set for those submissions to be filed.

In November of 2017, Regina police warned the public about Levac when he was released from prison to live in North Central after a previous conviction.

Police warned the public that Levac was considered a high risk to reoffend and had a history of committing violent sex crimes both as a youth and adult. They also noted he hadn’t completed any programming to address his risk factors to reoffend.

In April of 2018, police responded to a complaint from someone who reported seeing Levac in the company of a teenage girl.

Following an investigation, he was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. He was found guilty in June of 2020, but sentencing was delayed as the Crown sought to have him declared a dangerous offender.

In February of this year, Levac was convicted of aggravated assault after he beat up his cellmate in the Regina Correctional Centre in January 2021.