A man charged with first-degree murder in Wallaceburg in 2023 has been sentenced to one year in jail for a sexual assault that took place in Lambton County two years earlier.

The earlier incident took place while Marc Lebelle was in his mid-60s and was driving a young, vulnerable girl around in a taxi.

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“Really just an absolutely abhorrent and highly discreditable course of action on the part of Mr. Lebelle, to take advantage of this most unfortunate soul that he victimized in this way,” Justice Mark Poland said recently in a Sarnia courtroom.

Lebelle shook his head as he listened to the prosecutor read a statement of agreed facts over a video feed connecting the jail he’s in and the Sarnia courtroom, but not because he disagreed with what was said.

“He’s disgusted

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