Quebec singer Luck Mervil has been sentenced to two years in jail for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old girl greater than 25 years in the past.
The trial heard that the girl was intoxicated and asleep in a lodge in Rimouski when she was assaulted.
Mervil’s lawyer had requested that her consumer be allowed to serve his sentence at residence, however Quebec Court docket Decide James Rondeau stated that wasn’t applicable given the seriousness of the crime and the sufferer’s vulnerability.
The Crown had requested for 30 months.
Mervil’s two-year sentence means he should serve in a federal jail fairly than a provincial jail.
He may also be on probation for three years and can seem on the province’s sexual offender registry for 20 years.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Could 11, 2026.
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