http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/38938-man-sentenced-18-months-piercing-condomsA Shelburne County man who sabotaged his girlfriend’s condoms has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.
Craig Jaret Hutchinson, 41, of Clyde River was found guilty in September of sexual assault for poking holes in his girlfriend’s condoms in 2006 so she would get pregnant and not break up with him.
The woman became pregnant and had an abortion, later developing an infection in her uterus.
On Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax, Justice Richard Coughlan sent Hutchinson to jail, rejecting the defence’s request for a suspended sentence and two years on probation.
"Sexual assault is a serious offence," Coughlan said during the sentencing.
"Incarceration is the only way to express society’s condemnation of Mr. Hutchinson’s conduct."
