BREAKING: Former top Alta, B.C. doctor sentenced
Former Dr. Albert de Villiers has been sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for sex crimes against a child. Albert de Villiers, the former Interior Health chief medical officer, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison June 13 in a Grande Prairie, Alta., courtroom after being convicted of sexual interference of a child and sexual assault.
The sentence was handed down the day after Justice Shaina Leonard heard the victim impact statements and received submissions from both prosecutor Amy Pickrell and defence counsel Amy Lind. The child de Villiers was convicted of abusing was between seven and nine years old when the incidents occurred. According to victim impact statements heard in court on June 12, they left the child with physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.
The incidents occurred between 2018 and 2020 while De Villiers was the lead medical health officer for Alberta’s Northern Zone, prior to his move to Kelowna to take on the role with Interior Health.Sign up for a free account today, and receive top headlines in your inbox Monday to Saturday.
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