‘I thought many times of killing myself:’ victim tearful at sexual abuse sentencing in Nanaimo
NANAIMO — A man is going to jail for deplorable historic sex crimes against his own young niece in Nanaimo and the Comox Valley.
A 50-year-old Courtenay man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, was sentenced to two years in a provincial jail on Tuesday, Aug. 27 by BC Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird in Nanaimo.
The victim was between the ages of nine and 11 when the crimes occurred nearly 30-years ago. The offender was 18 to 21-years-old when he was supposed to be caring for his niece in the late 1980’s.
Crown prosecutor Richard Ellsay read out a statement from the victim, who was too emotional to read it aloud herself.