The conditional sentence handed down to disgraced former RCMP Cpl. Monty Robinson Friday is tantamount to being “grounded,” according to his victim’s still-grieving family.

New Westminster Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon delivered Robinson the 12-month sentence for intentionally thwarting investigators who tried to determine whether he was drunk when he struck and killed 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson with his Jeep four years ago.

As a result, Robinson will serve just one month under house arrest then spend the remainder of his sentence under curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. – a punishment Hutchinson’s mother Judith described to reporters as a slap in the face.

“You’re not out for blood, you just want some kind of justice,” she said, angry and trembling outside the courthouse. “And then curfew? Like a kid being grounded?”

Robinson was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine to a victim’s surcharge fund, complete an alcohol treatment program and write a letter of apology to Hutchinson’s family.

“Big deal,” Hutchinson’s mother said of the court-ordered contrition. “It’s nothing, less than nothing at this point.”

Hutchinson’s family and friends criticized Robinson during his trial for failing to show any sign of remorse for his actions.

The court heard that the former RCMP corporal, who was also the senior officer involved in the 2007 Tasering death of Robert Dziekanksi, drank five beers before getting behind the wheel on Oct. 25, 2008 and crashing into Hutchinson’s motorcycle.

He left his driver’s license at the scene -- without providing first aid to the victim -- then went home and downed two glasses of vodka before returning, effectively preventing police from determining whether he was drunk.

The judge concluded that he had used his police training to avoid criminal accusations.

Robinson’s crime, obstructing justice, can carry a jail term of up to 10 years. Crown prosecutors asked for three to nine months in jail, but Robinson’s lawyer successfully asked that his First Nations background be taken into account in sentencing.

A provision of the Criminal Code allows for special consideration for aboriginal offenders, and Dillon agreed that imprisonment should be considered a last resort because of Robinson’s heritage.

The executive director of the BC Coalition of Motorcyclists, Adele Thompkins, who has been following the trial closely, said giving special consideration to Robinson is outrageous.

“I realize [Dillon] had to follow that because it is the law, but I think the fact that he was an RCMP [officer] should outweigh the fact that he is aboriginal,” Thompkins said.

Robinson resigned from the RCMP last Friday after senior Mounties had spent months working to have him fired. A spokesperson for the force could not say whether he would be receiving a pension.

The former officer is among four men facing perjury charges for their testimony in the public inquiry in Dziekanksi’s fatal confrontation at the Vancouver International Airport.

He’s scheduled to make his next appearance on the charge in April 2013.

With a report from CTV British Columbia’s Jon Woodward