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Judge wary of proposed two-year sentence for Utah man who came to B.C. to sexually abuse preteen girl (with video)
A B.C. provincial court judge says that a proposed sentence of two years in prison followed by probation for a Utah man who came to B.C. to abuse a preteen girl does not seem long enough.
“That is striking me as pretty light,” Judge Robert Hamilton told Crown Friday during sentencing submissions in the case of Kevin Douglas Knowlton.
Hamilton said a longer prison sentence could be a greater benefit to Knowlton and the community.
“That gives us more time to work on him in the federal penitentiary … and try to correct his deviant way of thinking,” Hamilton said.
Knowlton, a 33-year-old from Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in March to child luring, sexual interference and making child pornography.
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