Jerry Fontaine has received the sexual assault sentencing for the charges brought about by the actions of the 39 year old in June. During the sexual assault sentencing by the Fort MacMurray Provincial Court Fontaine received 18 months of probation and must serve 120 days in jail for his crime. The convicted criminal received his sentence while in the Edmonton Remand Centre over the CCTV system. On Monday Jerry Fontaine plead guilty to sexual assault and took responsibility for what occurred in June to the court. In June Fontaine assaulted a 16 year old passenger on a bus, and the attack happened in the downtown area. The defendant grabbed the girl’s leg and then tried to kiss her on her arms and breasts. None of the other passengers on board the bus intervened or tried to stop the attack.
The 16 year old that Jerry Fontaine sexually assaulted grabber her cellphone and took a picture of her assailant, and that led to the sexual assault sentencing after some police investigation. According to Judge Stephanie Cleary “Certainly there are many sexual offenses that are far more offensive and far more egregious, but this was a sustained assault on a woman (approximately) the same age as his daughter. To call it a tragedy all around is to state the blatantly obvious.” Catherine Gagnon, the crown prosecutor, asked for 3-4 months of jail time in the case plus probation, and was happy with the sexual assault sentencing that the court handed down to Jerry Fontaine.