EDMONTON - A parole board hearing set for former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr has been cancelled.
A spokesman with the Parole Board of Canada says Khadr's prison sentence was put on hold when he was released on bail last week.
Gary Sears says because Khadr is not currently serving his sentence, the parole board has no jurisdiction to hold the hearing that had been set for June.
The Toronto-born Khadr was released from Bowden Institution near Innisfail, Alta., after serving nearly 13 years since his capture as a wounded 15-year-old in Afghanistan.
While in Guantanamo, he pleaded guilty to five war crimes, including murder for the death of an American special forces soldier.
But he says he only pleaded guilty to get out of Guantanamo and was granted bail pending an appeal in the United States.
