A Brighton man will spend the next seven years in jail for his attack on a Quinte West OPP officer during a vehicle stop last year.
Justice Stephen Hunter sentenced Charles Parkinson on Friday handing down a sentence of nine years for aggravated assault with a one year concurrent sentence for attempting to disarm a police officer.
Parkinson was given credit for two years pre-trial custody dropping the sentence to seven years.
Parkinson, who was 26 at the time of the incident in March 2021, pleaded guilty to both charges earlier this year.
He is also under a lifetime weapons prohibition, will have to submit a DNA sample and is to have no communication with the victim, Constable Allan Detlor or his family.
The Crown had requested jail time of nine to eleven years calling it nothing short of an unprovoked attack on a vulnerable victim.
Parkinson’s lawyer asked for a four- to six-year sentence citing his age, guilty plea and remorse over the incident.
Prior to sentencing, Crown Attorney Mike Lunski read victim impact statements from Constable Detlor and his daughter.
Detlor, who has not returned to work, said he still has nerve damage, remains self-conscious of his looks and speech and is still experiencing psychological and emotional trauma.
His daughter said being his next of kin and having to make life decisions for her father was completely overwhelming and that the attack left him frustrated, angry and completely traumatized.
Both Parkinson and Detlor were in the courtroom.
Before being sentenced, Parkinson spoke directly to Detlor, apologizing to him and his family.
See more detail on the incident here.
