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Luke Strimbold

Strimbold to be sentenced in November

Sep 23, 2019 | 3:15 PM

SMITHERS — Former Burns Lake mayor Luke Strimbold will be sentenced in November.

“It is set to proceed sometime during the week of November 25^th, 2019,” said Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel with the BC Prosecution Service. “But we are cautiously optimistic that the hearing will proceed on November 25.”

Strimbold was supposed to be sentenced today (Sept.23) but it was postponed to accommodate court scheduling issues.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault against four individuals on May 6.

Strimbold had faced 29 charges including sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching involving boys under the age of 16, stemming from alleged incidents from May 2009 to July 2017.

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In a statement released last spring, Strimbold’s lawyer Stan Tessmer said Strimbold “chose not to go to trial so everyone involved can begin the healing process and that the four individuals and the community can start to move forward.”