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By EverythingGP staff

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Court update: Sentencing dates set for former AHS official; 44-month sentence after fatal Paddle Prairie fire

Feb 14, 2023 | 6:00 AM

Sentencing dates set for former AHS official.

A former Alberta Health Services official convicted of sex-related charges involving an underage child will be sentenced in June.

Two days have been set aside for sentencing. The court will hear submissions on June 12 with a decision on the sentence set for June 13.

The accused was convicted on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference February 7 in Grande Prairie court. We are not using the official’s name because of a court-ordered publication ban that prohibits the use of any information that could identify the victim.

A legal principle that says an accused cannot be convicted of both offences means the sexual interference charge has been stayed.

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Jail sentence given after fatal Paddle Prairie fire.

Alberta Justice says a man charged after a fatal house fire in Paddle Prairie has been given a 44-month jail sentence.

Dallas Cardinal was given the sentence February 8 in High Level court.

He had pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal negligence causing death and one of criminal negligence causing bodily harm On September 28, 2022.

Cardinal was charged after a fire at a Paddle Prairie home on January 5, 2021.

RCMP said at the time that a witness told them two people were unaccounted for.

A 47-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man were both found dead inside the home.

RCMP also said at the time that they considering charging Cardinal with manslaughter but determined that criminal negligence was the appropriate charge given the available evidence.