Overview
- Justice Denise Boudreau, who sentenced Bruce Douglas Hatfield on Tuesday, imposed nine years in federal custody with 423 days credited for time already served.
- Hatfield’s convictions cover two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference for attacks in 2010 during trips between Yarmouth and Halifax after he gave the girls alcohol and pills.
- Victim Kayla Deveau, now 30, lifted the publication ban on her name and told the court by phone that no sentence can take away what happened to her.
- Prosecutors sought 10 to 12 years citing a breach of trust and prior sex-crime convictions, and the defence asked for 6 to 7 years based on his unstable upbringing.
- Halifax Regional Police say the investigation remains active after trial testimony about other trips with young women, and they urge any additional victims to contact investigators.