A former Hamilton police officer will not go to jail for sexually assaulting the woman he was mentoring as she pursued her own career in policing.

Michael LaCombe, 54, will instead serve 12 months of house arrest followed by 12 months of probation after Justice Cameron Watson found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault in January, following a trial.

Watson sentenced LaCombe on Monday at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont., describing his crimes and the aftermath as “a spectacular and cataclysmic fall from grace” in his written decision.

“His life has taken an irreparable downward spiral. He is no longer the man he once was,” Watson wrote.

Watson also described how LaCombe’s conduct “devastated” the victim, who has felt isolated and suffers from panic attacks, among other impacts, in recent years.

  • HikingVet
    88·
    8 months ago

    who kisses another person without their consent

    You are seriously are doubling down on defending people who sexually assault people. No consent is assault and that can get you jail time.

    The pig was in a position of power and is supposed to be better than the average person.

    I’m not defaming him, as it’s my opinion that he is a pig and deserves jail time for his actions.

    Edit: either a lot of people don’t know what defamation is, or they are hand waving sexual assault.