The P.E.I. Court of Appeal has dramatically increased the sentence imposed on a 22-year-old Charlottetown man who broke into a city residence last January to commit a theft and subsequently molested a 12-year-old girl sleeping in her own bed.
Travis Eirfuane Mehmoodi was sentenced to two years in a federal correctional facility for sexual interference in connection with that incident.
But Chief Provincial Court Judge John Douglas sentenced him to only 11.5 months on the charge of breaking into a dwelling house with intent to commit an indictable offence.
The Court of Appeal has now increased that 11.5 months to four years
That is the sentence the Crown originally sought for Mehmoodi on this charge.
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In a decision written by Justice Michele M. Murphy with the concurrence of Chief Justice David H. Jenkins and Justice John K. Mitchell the province's highest court found the sentence imposed on that charge was not a fit sentence.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL APPEAL DECISION
In citing their reasons for that finding they said the sentence did not take into account the seriousness of the crime, the need for denunciation and deterrence, the impact of the crime on the victim and the range of sentences across Canada for similar offences by similar offenders in similar circumstances.
The sentences for sexual interference and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence are to be served concurrently, making for a global sentence on all offences of four years.
The P.E.I. Court of Appeal has dramatically increased the sentence imposed on a 22-year-old Charlottetown man who broke into a city residence last January to commit a theft and subsequently molested a 12-year-old girl sleeping in her own bed.
Travis Eirfuane Mehmoodi was sentenced to two years in a federal correctional facility for sexual interference in connection with that incident.
But Chief Provincial Court Judge John Douglas sentenced him to only 11.5 months on the charge of breaking into a dwelling house with intent to commit an indictable offence.
The Court of Appeal has now increased that 11.5 months to four years
That is the sentence the Crown originally sought for Mehmoodi on this charge.
RELATED: Charlottetown man sentenced to 2 years for molesting 12-year-old girl
RELATED: P.E.I. Crown appeals sentence for man who molested girl during break in
In a decision written by Justice Michele M. Murphy with the concurrence of Chief Justice David H. Jenkins and Justice John K. Mitchell the province's highest court found the sentence imposed on that charge was not a fit sentence.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL APPEAL DECISION
In citing their reasons for that finding they said the sentence did not take into account the seriousness of the crime, the need for denunciation and deterrence, the impact of the crime on the victim and the range of sentences across Canada for similar offences by similar offenders in similar circumstances.
The sentences for sexual interference and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence are to be served concurrently, making for a global sentence on all offences of four years.