Former defence chief Vance sentenced to 80 hours community service after guilty plea
CTV
Former chief of the defence staff general Jonathan Vance has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service after pleading guilty on Wednesday to one charge of obstruction of justice.
Ontario Justice Robert Wadden delivered the sentence during a virtual court appearance this morning in which the former Canadian Armed Forces commander appeared by video.
"You've pled guilty before me to one count of obstruction of justice, And I find you guilty of that offence," Wadden told Vance after hearing arguments from the retired general's lawyer and Crown attorney Mark Holmes on the conditions for a discharge.
A court can order that an accused person be discharged of an offence after a finding of guilt, meaning no conviction will be registered. Under a conditional discharge, the accused must agree to conditions imposed by a judge.
In addition to community service, Wadden ordered Vance to be put on probation for 12 months and to refrain from contacting Maj. Kellie Brennan, with whom he had what a statement of facts filed in court described as a "long-standing intimate relationship."
