Sex offender Marcellus Jacob's release from prison has been revoked by the National Parole Board. His next release date has been set for May 30, 2008.

The board reached the decision Tuesday following a hearing regarding his release. It announced its decision Wednesday afternoon.

Last October, Jacob was given statutory release after having served two thirds of his seven-year sentence for the brutal knife-point rape of a Whitehorse woman in July 2001.

His release was suspended after he failed to return to the Vancouver half-way house he had been ordered to live at by curfew. He turned himself into Vancouver police four days later.

The decision notes that after Jacob's October release, four issues immediately came up for his case management team.

'They became concerned about your inability to recognize high-risk situations, your level of honesty and openness about your activities and associations, your preoccupation with making a connection with a woman and what appeared to be a low level of interest in further reducing your risk through programs and counselling. Eventually, you took off from supervision,' states the four-page report, directed at Jacob.

While he was at large, he apparently stayed with a woman he met through work in her hotel room.

'It is not known whether or not you had made her aware of your situation and index offence,' says the report.

'You eventually turned yourself in to police. Since your return to custody, you have apparently said that you would rather be held in custody until your warrant expiry date believing that there would be no restrictions on your behaviour and that you could then do what you wanted without impediment.'

At the hearing, it's noted, Jacob admitted some of the his 'old' self came out when he left supervision.

Jacob was overwhelmed by the pace of life in the community and the demands of supervision, it notes.

After meeting an aboriginal woman who showed an interest in him and missing curfew, he became afraid of being sent back to jail.

Instead of heading back to the half-way house to face the consequences of being late, Jacob opted to visit family members, the report reads.

While he was missing, the victim of the rape provided a new victim impact statement which described the fear and insecurity his disappearance from supervision brought.

It also prompted Jacob's former girlfriend to approach police with information about a 2004 visit she made to him in prison.

'You (Jacob) apparently told her that if she hurt you again, i.e. left him for another man, that you would find her and kill her in a way that would not be discovered. At that point, she terminated the visit,' the report states.

It goes on to note the woman also said she continued to receive letters from Jacob up until last fall.

'She felt that you had been tracking her activities through family members from prison,' the report notes.

It was only after he reached an elder he worked with in prison that he opted to turn himself in.

'Eventually, after contacting the elder who worked with you within the institution, you made the decision to turn yourself in. You said the experiences in the community taught you the importance of sleeping properly and sticking to a routine,' the report states.

Jacob also told the hearing that while he tried to be open with his parole officer about what he had been doing, there were misunderstandings from the wording of his conditions.

The report states Jacob attributes most of his difficulties to poor time management and adjustment difficulties after years in prison.

Jacob has proposed a release plan that would see him go to a native treatment centre.

'You want to deal with those past experiences that still negatively affect the way you feel and think. You say you are ready for this challenge,' the report states, adding Jacob said he's motivated by a desire to become a positive role model for his nephew.

'In the (National Parole) Board's view, your explanations for the problems occurring in the community, while understandable to a certain extent, do not justify your actions,' the report reads.

'The expectations of supervision and your responsibilities as a man under sentence were made clear and explicit to you on more than one occasion.'

It then goes on to read he didn't use the supports made available to him, wasn't as open or honest as he needed to be, didn't put the right priority on counselling and relapse prevention and that his behaviour during the brief statutory release was consistent with his past behaviour.

Also of concern is a cell phone his case management team believes has allowed him to make contact with women.

'Your unwillingness to discuss your communications using electronic media with the parole officer is of great concern from a risk management point of view,' it's noted.

Although taking programming at a native treatment centre may be positive, the board noted it's not convinced Jacob is ready for the challenge.

'After giving careful consideration to all of the information available, the board concludes that your risk to re-offend is presently undue.

'You returned to an old pattern of behaviour that was within your control and that put the community at risk. Accordingly, statutory release is revoked.'