The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a man convicted of first-degree murder to be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly kissing a staff member.

The ruling posted this week says Treyvonne Willis was transferred from William Head Institution on Vancouver Island to medium-security Mountain Institution in Agassiz, B.C., in February.

The ruling by Justice Eric Gottardi says Willis was moved after a guard reported seeing him kissing a female correctional manager in a "locked and darkened room."

The next day, he was transferred "on an interim basis" to Mountain Institution, which has "enhanced restrictions" on inmates' liberty, according to the ruling.

William Head's warden had determined after a hearing that Will

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