B.C. judge sentences two men who attacked RCMP officer to house arrest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Two men who attacked a Mountie during a traffic stop and left him unconscious on the side of a rural road near Pritchard, B.C., won’t be going to jail.
Despite calling Leon Leclerc and Jerry Lamar “cowardly bullies flexing their muscles as back-alley thugs,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley placed both men on house arrest Friday.
A vehicle being driven by Lamar, 52, was stopped by RCMP Const. Paul Koester on July 5, 2014.
Court heard Koester suspected Lamar had been drinking and launched an impaired driving investigation.