Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair was sentenced on Monday to two years less a day in jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two young men in his Montreal apartment.
Quebec court Judge Pierre Labelle said Boisclair's acts had "devastating consequences" on the two victims, adding that the sentence is sufficiently severe and takes into account the fact that the former politician has shown remorse and pleaded guilty.
The sentence of two years less a day -- meaning Boisclair will serve his sentence in a provincial jail rather than a federal prison -- was jointly recommended by the Crown and Boisclair's lawyer. It also includes two years' probation. His two victims, whose identities are protected by a publication ban, were both present at the sentencing."We can only hope that from now on, life will be sweeter for them," Laflamme told reporters after the sentencing.
In court, Labelle praised the two victims for their courage at the June 20 hearing, when they told the court how their encounters with the former politician continue to haunt them.
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