Sentencing date set for convicted sex offender for 2016 sexual assault
LETHBRIDGE – A convicted sex offender who pleaded guilty to charges of break and enter and sexual assault in January, will have to wait until July for his sentencing hearing.
After entering a guilty plea on Jan. 4, a pre-sentence report was ordered for Darral Gerard Courtoreille, along with a risk and psychological and psychiatric assessment.
Wednesday morning (Apr. 5) in Lethbridge Provincial Court, the Crown prosecutor explained that the assessments have yet to begin due to a number of other cases that are also moving through the system, and that an additional 60 days would be necessary to complete them.
In a media release from the Lethbridge Police Service, they reported that between 3:00 and 4:00 on the morning of Nov. 7, 2016, a man gained entry to a north side home through a basement door and sexually assaulted a 15-year old girl in her bedroom. The suspect took steps to prevent her from screaming and alerting other members of her family.