[LINK] "Former B.C. Mountie gets two-year perjury sentence in Robert Dziekanski case"

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This criminal penalty, as reported by the Canadian Press, is something. It is not enough. Also, it is being appealed by the convicted liar in question.

The lies a former Mountie told a public inquiry damaged the reputation of the RCMP and undermined confidence in the once-trusted institution, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Friday.

Justice Nathan Smith sentenced former corporal Benjamin “Monty” Robinson to two years less a day, one year of probation and 240 hours of community service for lying to the inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski.

Robinson was the senior officer in charge on Oct. 14, 2007, when Dziekanski was jolted with a Taser and died at Vancouver’s airport.

Smith found him guilty last March, ruling he colluded with four fellow officers to make up testimony that they gave at the inquiry.

“The impact of this offence on the community has been primarily to the reputation and credibility of the police force in which Mr. Robinson served,” Smith told the court. “Confidence and trust in the police is crucial to the proper functioning of the justice system and society in general.”