Allan Schoenborn won’t be making any visits to Starbucks in the near future after all.

On Thursday Schoenborn withdrew his request for escorted outings from the psychiatric hospital where he is being held for killing his three children.

At the hearing, his lawyer, Scott Hicks, told the B.C. Review Board that Schoenborn’s decision came in part because he found out his ex-wife Darcie Clarke, the mother of his children, had moved to Coquitlam, the same city as the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital where he resides.

In his statement, Schoenborn said he “wished no further hardships to Darcie” and that her “stability was paramount.”

The statement, which was read by Hicks in Schoenborn’s absence, went on to explain that Schoenborn learned of Clarke’s whereabouts and her poor condition through TV coverage and concluded “I am seeking a strict custody order for those reasons.”

The three-member panel accepted Schoenborn’s request and ordered he remain in custody at the hospital with no escorted leaves.

Thursday’s hearing followed the Board’s decision on April 6 to grant Schoenborn restricted access to the community to go for coffee, attend medical appointments or go for a swim. This decision was met with outrage, partly because it became public that Clarke is now living in Coquitlam.

On the eve of the new hearing, hundreds of Coquitlam residents gathered outside the city hall to show support for Clarke and to protest the decision to grant him access to the community.

In the meantime, B.C. Attorney-General Barry Penner said he is working with federal officials to change the Criminal Code to prevent people who are found not criminally responsible for killing others from being allowed escorted access to the community.

Last year, Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible due to a mental defect for killing his children in Merritt in 2008. Like other prisoners held for psychiatric reasons, Schoenborn’s case will be reviewed again in a year.