Alberta appeal court more than doubles sentence in 1981 Edmonton rape case
The Alberta Court of Appeal has increased the sentence for an Ontario man convicted in the 1981 rape and robbery of an Edmonton woman, raising it from 3½ years to a global sentence of 7½ years.
A three-judge panel of the Alberta Court of Appeal has more than doubled the sentence handed to an Ontario man convicted in connection with the 1981 rape and robbery of an Edmonton woman.
The man's original sentence of three and a half years has been increased to a global sentence of seven and a half years, according to the court's ruling.
The case stems from a decades-old crime in Edmonton, though the appeal court's decision was only issued recently. Further details on the original trial, sentencing arguments and the appeal court's reasoning were not included in the available reporting.
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