A Vancouver Island man who pleaded guilty to making dozens of harassing and indecent phone and video calls to women across B.C. 乌鸦传媒� including to a senior in a care home 乌鸦传媒� has been handed an 18-month conditional sentence for the crimes.
In imposing the term 乌鸦传媒� suggested jointly by lawyers on both sides of the case 乌鸦传媒� Monday in Surrey Provincial Court, Judge Peder Gulbransen said he put 乌鸦传媒渃ritical importance乌鸦传媒� on the fact Joel Perry did not continue the behaviour after his arrest.
He described Perry乌鸦传媒檚 motivation for the nine-month spree as 乌鸦传媒渁 real mystery.乌鸦传媒�
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In making sentencing submissions, prosecutor Rajiv Khangura noted Perry had no previous criminal history and has 乌鸦传媒渞easonable prospects of rehabilitation.乌鸦传媒�
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乌鸦传媒淪ome of the victims were elderly and vulnerable,乌鸦传媒� the calls spanned nine months and didn乌鸦传媒檛 stop until his arrest in May 2018, he added.
Defence counsel Janeen Sandhu told the court Perry乌鸦传媒檚 behaviour was 乌鸦传媒渄ue to his pain乌鸦传媒� from a difficult childhood. He was abandoned by his parents, and experienced abuse and neglect in an orphanage before he was adopted, Sandhu said.
He is remorseful, she added, noting Perry wanted to 乌鸦传媒渁ssure these two women (who provided victim impact statements) that they have nothing to fear from him going forward.乌鸦传媒�
Perry, 33, was arrested three months after Mounties issued a warning about an indecent and threatening caller. The warning came after several women 乌鸦传媒� from White Rock, Langley and Surrey 乌鸦传媒� reported receiving disturbing calls.
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The court heard Monday that Perry would tell some of the women he called that he was watching them through cameras he had installed in their homes, and that he would threaten to have someone hurt them if they didn乌鸦传媒檛 engage in sexually explicit conversation.
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Police said there was no evidence to suggest the caller had installed cameras, and that they believed the man had been gleaning the women乌鸦传媒檚 personal information through their social-media accounts.
One of the victims who attended court, a White Rock woman, told Peace Arch News outside court that she received 乌鸦传媒渟ix or seven乌鸦传媒� calls at home from Perry. Noting she had 乌鸦传媒渁 lot to digest,乌鸦传媒� the woman said she was relieved Perry wasn乌鸦传媒檛 handed a jail term.
乌鸦传媒淛ail was certainly not the answer,乌鸦传媒漵he said.
The BC Prosecution Service approved 70 charges against Perry, in connection with incidents that occurred between September 2017 and April 2018. Court records show 15 of those related to incidents in White Rock.
Guilty pleas 乌鸦传媒� a total of 32 乌鸦传媒� were entered on Dec. 14.
In addition to the conditional term, Perry was handed three years probation and multiple conditions.
