A former vice-principal at Stonepark Intermediate School is headed to jail after a judge sentenced him Friday to serve 90 days for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
It was the end of a months-long court case for Gregory Dwight Campbell who in January pleaded guilty in provincial court in Charlottetown to two counts of criminal harassment.
Judge John Douglas took about half an hour to read his decision on a sentence, saying a victim impact statement showed Campbell’s actions had a serious emotional impact on his ex-girlfriend.
Campbell, who taught healthy relationship classes, has been removed from his position as vice-principal and is on leave.
He also had a job doing surveillance work and a pre-sentence report said he owns a part-time painting business.
Over a span of several months, Campbell called the victim and sent her hundreds of messages, including up to 40 on one day.
The victim viewed some of the messages as threats and testified Campbell made her life “a living hell.”
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Campbell followed the victim, at point telling her he was watching her apartment to see if she was home.
Douglas said he was satisfied Campbell’s actions were serious harassment.
During his last day in court before sentencing, Campbell expressed remorse for his actions.
Douglas said that needed to be considered in the context of text messages Campbell sent to his ex-wife in which he denied his guilt, blamed others and accused the media of having the facts wrong.
Some of those messages amounted to a character assassination of the victim, Douglas said.
A pre-sentence report in the case contained remarks from Campbell who said he was embarrassed by the incident and had been avoiding going out in public.
He reported deteriorating health because of stress related to the case and said he started taking medication for anxiety and depression.
Along with the jail time, Campbell will be on probation for two years and must pay $200 in victim surcharges.
Douglas also ordered Campbell not to have any contact with two other women the court heard from who said he harassed them after they ended their relationships with him.
Crown attorney Valerie Moore asked Douglas to order Campbell to wear a monitoring ankle bracelet, but the judge declined to do so.
Douglas did say it could be considered if Campbell breaches his probation.
A former vice-principal at Stonepark Intermediate School is headed to jail after a judge sentenced him Friday to serve 90 days for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
It was the end of a months-long court case for Gregory Dwight Campbell who in January pleaded guilty in provincial court in Charlottetown to two counts of criminal harassment.
Judge John Douglas took about half an hour to read his decision on a sentence, saying a victim impact statement showed Campbell’s actions had a serious emotional impact on his ex-girlfriend.
Campbell, who taught healthy relationship classes, has been removed from his position as vice-principal and is on leave.
He also had a job doing surveillance work and a pre-sentence report said he owns a part-time painting business.
Over a span of several months, Campbell called the victim and sent her hundreds of messages, including up to 40 on one day.
The victim viewed some of the messages as threats and testified Campbell made her life “a living hell.”
RELATED: Gregory Campbell pleads guilty to criminal harassment
RELATED: Former vice-principal gives tearful apology in P.E.I. court
Campbell followed the victim, at point telling her he was watching her apartment to see if she was home.
Douglas said he was satisfied Campbell’s actions were serious harassment.
During his last day in court before sentencing, Campbell expressed remorse for his actions.
Douglas said that needed to be considered in the context of text messages Campbell sent to his ex-wife in which he denied his guilt, blamed others and accused the media of having the facts wrong.
Some of those messages amounted to a character assassination of the victim, Douglas said.
A pre-sentence report in the case contained remarks from Campbell who said he was embarrassed by the incident and had been avoiding going out in public.
He reported deteriorating health because of stress related to the case and said he started taking medication for anxiety and depression.
Along with the jail time, Campbell will be on probation for two years and must pay $200 in victim surcharges.
Douglas also ordered Campbell not to have any contact with two other women the court heard from who said he harassed them after they ended their relationships with him.
Crown attorney Valerie Moore asked Douglas to order Campbell to wear a monitoring ankle bracelet, but the judge declined to do so.
Douglas did say it could be considered if Campbell breaches his probation.