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The Crown appealed Simon Houles original sentence, which shocked many people last summer, and he was later ordered to serve a 12-month prison term.

Crown had appealed Simon Houles original sentence, which shocked many people last summer.

QUEBEC - A Quebec judge's widely criticized decision to give an engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault a conditional discharge was wrong, the province's Court of Appeal said Wednesday as it instead imposed a 12-month sentence.

QUEBEC — A Quebec judge's widely criticized decision to give an engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault a conditional discharge was wrong, the province's Court of Appeal said Wednesday as it instead imposed a 12-month sentence.

The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a conditional discharge given to an engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and instead imposed a 12-month jail sentence. In a written decision released Wednesday, the court found that the trial judge made errors in deciding Simon Houles sentence, leading him to diminish the seriousness of the crimes and Houles level of responsibility.

A Quebec man who received a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism will spend one year behind bars after the Court of Appeal overturned the judgment. 

A Quebec judge did not breach ethics when he handed down a conditional discharge to a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism, the province’s judicial council ruled Wednesday. 

MONTREAL - The Quebec judicial council has rejected complaints about a judge who granted a conditional dischar...

The Quebec judicial council has rejected complaints about a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism.

MONTREAL - The Quebec judicial council has rejected complaints about a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism.