“Target met: 95% - 100%.”

That’s the score a manager gave Basil Borutski’s probation officer, two days after Borutski murdered two ex-partners he was on probation for abusing — Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam — as well as Carol Culleton on Sept. 22, 2015.

For nearly three years leading up to the slayings in the Ottawa Valley, Borutski’s probation officers in Renfrew and Pembroke, Ont., were tasked with making sure the repeat domestic violence offender followed court orders after serving jail time for threatening Warmerdam’s family, and choking and assaulting Kuzyk.

They were also responsible for liaising with partner agencies including victim advocate organizations, police and the Crown to help keep Kuzyk, Warmerdam and Borutski’s ex-wife safe. (CBC News is not naming his ex-wife

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