Cormier handed 18-year prison sentence for kidnapping
Posted Aug 18, 2011 04:10:38 PM.
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MONCTON, N.B. – The Moncton man accused of holding a woman against her will in a basement apartment for 26 days last year has been sentenced to 18 years for kidnapping.
Romeo Jacques Cormier was also sentenced to 10 years for sexual assault, 8 years for unlawful confinement, 3 years for assault with a knife, and 2 and a half years for assault, all to be served concurrently, minus time in remand.
Cormier was convicted last month.
A 55 year-old Moncton woman testified that he took her at knifepoint from a mall parking lot to the basement of a rooming house in February of 2010, where he kept her for nearly a month until she managed to escape.
Cormier must serve just over 8 years before being eligible for parole.
His name will also be added to the Sex Offender Registry, and he is banned from owning firearms for life.
