A Vancouver Island man who pleaded guilty to making dozens of harassing and indecent phone and video calls to women across B.C. 害羞草研究所� including to a senior in a care home 害羞草研究所� has been handed an 18-month conditional sentence for the crimes.
In imposing the term 害羞草研究所� suggested jointly by lawyers on both sides of the case 害羞草研究所� Monday in Surrey Provincial Court, Judge Peder Gulbransen said he put 害羞草研究所渃ritical importance害羞草研究所� on the fact Joel Perry did not continue the behaviour after his arrest.
He described Perry害羞草研究所檚 motivation for the nine-month spree as 害羞草研究所渁 real mystery.害羞草研究所�
害羞草研究所淚 don害羞草研究所檛 think anyone knows why this happened.害羞草研究所�
In making sentencing submissions, prosecutor Rajiv Khangura noted Perry had no previous criminal history and has 害羞草研究所渞easonable prospects of rehabilitation.害羞草研究所�
At the same time, Perry has 害羞草研究所渁 lack of insight害羞草研究所� into the offences, Khangura said.
害羞草研究所淪ome of the victims were elderly and vulnerable,害羞草研究所� the calls spanned nine months and didn害羞草研究所檛 stop until his arrest in May 2018, he added.
Defence counsel Janeen Sandhu told the court Perry害羞草研究所檚 behaviour was 害羞草研究所渄ue to his pain害羞草研究所� from a difficult childhood. He was abandoned by his parents, and experienced abuse and neglect in an orphanage before he was adopted, Sandhu said.
He is remorseful, she added, noting Perry wanted to 害羞草研究所渁ssure these two women (who provided victim impact statements) that they have nothing to fear from him going forward.害羞草研究所�
Perry, 33, was arrested three months after Mounties issued a warning about an indecent and threatening caller. The warning came after several women 害羞草研究所� from White Rock, Langley and Surrey 害羞草研究所� reported receiving disturbing calls.
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The court heard Monday that Perry would tell some of the women he called that he was watching them through cameras he had installed in their homes, and that he would threaten to have someone hurt them if they didn害羞草研究所檛 engage in sexually explicit conversation.
Gulbransen, in his reasons, noted the effect of such calls 害羞草研究所渃an be devastating.害羞草研究所�
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Police said there was no evidence to suggest the caller had installed cameras, and that they believed the man had been gleaning the women害羞草研究所檚 personal information through their social-media accounts.
One of the victims who attended court, a White Rock woman, told Peace Arch News outside court that she received 害羞草研究所渟ix or seven害羞草研究所� calls at home from Perry. Noting she had 害羞草研究所渁 lot to digest,害羞草研究所� the woman said she was relieved Perry wasn害羞草研究所檛 handed a jail term.
害羞草研究所淛ail was certainly not the answer,害羞草研究所漵he said.
The BC Prosecution Service approved 70 charges against Perry, in connection with incidents that occurred between September 2017 and April 2018. Court records show 15 of those related to incidents in White Rock.
Guilty pleas 害羞草研究所� a total of 32 害羞草研究所� were entered on Dec. 14.
In addition to the conditional term, Perry was handed three years probation and multiple conditions.
