The following is a timeline of notable events in the known history of Peter Whitmore.

1993: Peter Whitmore is convicted of abduction and five sexual offences involving four young boys in Toronto. He is sentenced to a year and four months in custody.

1995: Whitmore, who posed as a professional babysitter, is sentenced to five years in jail for sexual offences including the abduction and confinement of an eight-year-old girl from Guelph, Ont., and sexual interference with a boy, 9, from outside Toronto. He is banned from being close to children under age 14 for the rest of his life.

2000: Less than a month after his release, Whitmore is found in a downtown Toronto motel with a 13-year-old boy. He is sentenced to one year in jail for breaching a court order.

2002: A Toronto judge sentences Whitmore to three years in jail for probation violations because he fled to British Columbia after being found in the company of a five-year-old boy.

March 2004: A National Parole Board report notes clinicians believe Whitmore has a "100 per cent probability of recidivism."

June 16, 2005: Whitmore is released after serving his entire three-year sentence and takes up residence in Chilliwack, B.C.

June 2, 2006: RCMP issue a news release saying Whitmore will be visiting the area of Morinville, Alta., for a few days.

June 15, 2006: After returning to British Columbia for a brief time, Whitmore comes back to Morinville. He willingly tells police he's back. RCMP set a court date so Whitmore can legally extend his stay, but he never shows up.

July 22, 2006: Whitmore resurfaces in Winnipeg, where he is alleged to have befriended a 14-year-old boy. He takes him to Brandon to buy a truck and does not bring him back as promised. The boy's parents file a missing person's report.

July 30, 2006: RCMP issue an Amber Alert for a 10-year-old Saskatchewan boy believed to have been abducted by Whitmore.

July 31, 2006: A Canada-wide warrant is issued for Whitmore, charging him with abduction.

Aug. 1, 2006: A vehicle matching the description of the one Whitmore was driving is spotted near Kipling, Sask., by a local farmer. When RCMP arrive, the 10-year-old boy runs out of some brush on the property. Whitmore surrenders after a 10-hour standoff with police, and the 14-year-old boy is taken into police protection.

Aug. 3, 2006: Whitmore appears in provincial court in Regina and is charged with abducting and sexually assaulting two boys. He faces five counts, including sexual assault causing bodily harm to both children, who can't be named under a publication ban. He is due back in court Aug. 10.