Posted: May 07, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 7
Shawn Beaver's one-year jail sentence for contempt of court has been reduced to 90 days to be served on weekends and 200 hours of community service.(J. Penner Photo Co.)
Disbarred Edmonton lawyer Shawn Beaver will serve a lesser sentence following a decision by the Court of Appeal of Alberta.
Like other people serving intermittent sentences — weekends only — Beaver will be on house arrest rather than spend time in jail.
Earlier this year, Beaver was ordered to turn himself in at the Edmonton Remand Centre to begin serving a one-year sentence for a contempt of court for breaching an injunction that required him to stop providing legal services.