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submitted 6 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A former Hamilton police officer will not go to jail for sexually assaulting the woman he was mentoring as she pursued her own career in policing.

Michael LaCombe, 54, will instead serve 12 months of house arrest followed by 12 months of probation after Justice Cameron Watson found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault in January, following a trial.

Watson sentenced LaCombe on Monday at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont., describing his crimes and the aftermath as "a spectacular and cataclysmic fall from grace" in his written decision.

"His life has taken an irreparable downward spiral. He is no longer the man he once was," Watson wrote.

Watson also described how LaCombe's conduct "devastated" the victim, who has felt isolated and suffers from panic attacks, among other impacts, in recent years.

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[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

iT's OnLy RaPe If He GoT hIs DiCk WeT

Dear god. Listen to yourself.

Like, straight up, if you're playing apologetics for a fucking cop who sexually assaulted someone by trying to well-akshually rape, you need to deeply probe your motivations there. Because I promise you, you don't have good ones.

[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 26 points 6 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's oNlY SuIcIdE If a cOp sHoOtS YoU

Y'all remember when "suicide by cop" was a popular term? But never "murder by coward," huh...

this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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