The former beauty queen who joined a mob of looters during the 2011 Stanley Cup riot has been handed a conditional discharge.
As a result, Sophie Laboissonniere will spend no time in jail and have no criminal record, unless she commits a crime during her 16 months’ probation.
The Richmond resident pleaded guilty earlier this year to a single count of participating in a riot, while a second charge of break-and-enter was dropped.
Laboissonniere’s lawyer argued the rioter has already suffered greatly from the media coverage of her case, and has used the exposure to help her community.
She spoke to classes at her former high school about the long-term consequences that can result from quick decisions.
Crown had asked for two months of house arrest followed by probation and community service
Laboissonniere was 20-years-old when she ran through the smashed doors of London Drugs in downtown Vancouver and grabbed chips and bottles of water on June 15, 2011.
She was previously dubbed Miss Congeniality at the Miss Coastal Vancouver pageant in 2011.
