No jail time for disgraced ex-Mountie

[Joe Shlabotnik]

"Disgraced former Mountie Benjamin (Monty) Robinson has been given a 12-month conditional sentence for obstruction of justice relating to a fatal collision with a motorcycle in Delta, B.C., in 2008.

The sentence means Robinson, 42, will not serve any time in jail. He will have to spend one month under house arrest and the rest of the time he will be under the supervision of a probation officer and subject to a curfew at night.

Justice Janice Dillon also ordered Robinson to write an apology to the family of Orion Hutchinson, who was killed in the crash, and pay a $1,000 fine to Victim Services. At the sentencing hearing, Robinson never apologized or expressed remorse for leaving Hutchinson dead or dying on the road while he went home to drink.

But Dillon also noted that when she handed down the sentence she had to consider the fact Robinson was a first time offender, an alcoholic and an aboriginal man."

Robinson is also facing a charge of perjury in connection with the death of Robert Dziekanski. The Polish visitor died after officers used a Taser on him at the Vancouver airport.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/07/27/bc-monty-robinson-sentencing.html

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Once again, RCMP officer = Get out of jail free.

[arikara]

1. Appalling.

The RCMP are rotten to the core, a big criminal organization and at best a national embarrassment. That creep should be in jail.