A Sudbury man who beat up his mother, confined her to her home and threatened to kill her has been given the equivalent of an 8.5-month sentence.

“I just want to say I’m sorry for what I did,” Richard Chenier told Ontario Court Justice Graham Jenner in Sudbury just before being sentenced. “I was upset. I did do that to my mom.

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“My mom is the best mom a son can have. She didn’t deserve this at all … It pains me when I say it, but I am guilty. I am sorry … I am almost 30 years old and I have to grow up.”

Chenier, 29, pleaded guilty to assault, forcible confinement and threatening death concerning the incident at his mother’s Garson residence. He said he recognizes he has anger issues and put himself in segregation at the Sudbury Jail so he wouldn’t get into fights with

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