Ex-PQ Legislator Harold LeBel Sentenced to Eight Months in Jail for Sex Assault

Ex-PQ Legislator Harold LeBel Sentenced to Eight Months in Jail for Sex Assault
Former Parti Québécois MNA Harold LeBel walks to the courtroom after a break at the courthouse, in Rimouski, Que., Nov. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel was sentenced on Thursday to eight months in jail after being found guilty in November of sexually assaulting a woman at his condo in 2017.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur accepted the joint sentencing recommendation from the prosecution and defence at the courthouse in Rimouski, Que., about 320 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.