A repentant Stanley Cup rioter has been spared jail time, despite the recommendations of Crown prosecutors.
Robert Snelgrove has been handed a five-month conditional sentence by the court.
Snelgrove will have to spend three months under house arrest at his parent's home in Coquitlam and for the remaining two months he'll be under a strict curfew.
The 25-year-old surrendered to police the day after the June 15, 2011 riot, admitted to looting cosmetics from the Sears department store, and pleaded guilty to participating in a riot and a charge of break and enter.
Provincial court judge Gregory Rideout took those actions into account while imposing the sentence, along with issuing a $500 fine and ordering Snelgrove to write a letter of apology to the City of Vancouver.
Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie says prosecutors were seeking a shorter term than the five months of house arrest, but wanted Snelgrove to serve his time in jail as opposed to in the community.
