Former TV reporter gets 4 years for sexual assault of minor
CBC News
Posted: Aug 28, 2012 10:59 AM PT
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2012 2:01 PM PT
Former Global Television reporter Ron Benczes has been sentenced to four years in jail for sexually assaulting the son of a family friend. (cbc)
Former Vancouver television reporter Ron Bencze was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday morning in Surrey for sexually assaulting the son of a family friend.
Judge Robin Baird's decision to hand Bencze a four-year sentence came as a surprise because the Crown was seeking a sentence of two to three years in jail, while the defence was seeking a conditional sentence of 18 to 24 months.
Bencze was arrested in January 2011 and originally charged with nine counts of sexual assault and sexual interference with a minor.
During his sentencing hearing last month Bencze admitted to sexually assaulting the child for a period of seven and a half years, until the child was 14 years old.
Crown lawyers stayed eight other charges against Bencze, which involve two other alleged victims.
Bencze was a reporter with Global TV in Vancouver at the time of his arrest but has since been fired by the organization.
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