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Posted: Aug. 29, 2024 1:10PMA 36-year-old man has been sentenced for groping two women aboard a BC Transit bus in Colwood in 2021.At the time, Barber was riding the bus when two female passengers walked by him.
The Crown was seeking a suspended sentence and a term of three years probation, while the defence was calling for conditional discharge and two years probation.would mean he was not officially convicted of the crime.Gouge noted that Barber had already committed a sexual assault that occurred on Sept. 16, 2021, just two months before the bus assaults occurred.
Gouge also noted that Barber had been admitted to various psychiatric hospitals, sometimes involuntarily, since the age of 18, with diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizophrenic affective disorder, bipolar disorder, cannabis use disorder and alcohol use disorder.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
“Although the events of Sept. 16, 2021 did not lead to a ‘conviction’ , the conduct in question was clearly contrary to the Criminal Code,” said Gouge.
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