A B.C. armed forces veteran was sentenced to two years and six months in a federal penitentiary June 26 after pleading guilty to sexually touching a child under 16.
Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Gregory Rideout said Crown prosecutor Maragaret Mackie was seeking a four-year prison sentence while defence counsel Tony Tso asked for a two-year conditional sentence order.Rideout said the child disclosed the touching to her mother at which point police became involved.The court heard the man had experienced depression as well as PTSD from his time in the armed forces doing peacekeeping in Bosnia.
“You must have known you had crossed the line,” Rideout said to the man. “He knew full well what he was doing.”
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