Marinus Willemse

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A violent sex offender is expected to live in Winnipeg after being released from Stony Mountain Institution Thursday, where he was incarcerated for more than two decades.
The Manitoba Integrated High-Risk Sex Offender Unit (MIHRSOU) is warning Winnipeggers about the release of 55-year-old Marinus Willemse, a convicted sex offender considered a high-risk to re-offend against women and children.
Willemse was handed a 20-year sentence in 2001 after a series of harrowing offences in late 1999 during which he lured two girls, aged six and 10, into a secluded area and exposed himself.
That same day, he forced his way into a vehicle belonging to a woman and her eight-year-old daughter at a shopping mall and held a knife to the girl’s head, threatening to kill her if the mother didn’t cooperate.
In both incidents, the victims managed to escape to safety.