Indigenous man who terrorized girl half his age gets reduced sentence

'But for his Gladue factors, I would have imposed the sentence sought by the Crown,' said the judge

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A Calgary judge knocked two years off a 10-year sentence he would have given a man who terrorized and repeatedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl he met when he was 25 because the offender is Indigenous. Article content Article content

The man of Cree heritage on his mother’s side, who first met the girl on Instagram, is identified only as RJM in a decision from the Alberta Court of Justice . His victim, who he assaulted and threatened to kill multiple times between the spring and fall of 2023, is identified as AB.

“The offender repeatedly had sexual intercourse with her knowing that he held the po