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Paralegal sentenced to 3 years and co-accused to conditional sentence for forging judge's signature on civil order.
The offenders were found guilty of uttering a forged document, obstructing justice, and attempted fraud over $5,000 after presenting a forged civil judgment bearing a judge's signature.
The Crown sought penitentiary sentences for both.
The court sentenced the first offender, a paralegal with a related record, to three years in custody.
The second offender, a first-time offender with minimal risk of re-offending, received a conditional sentence of two years less a day.