January 29, 2021 - 12:07 PM
Kevin Lee Barrett has been sentenced to six years in prison today for beating his elderly mother in 2019.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Steven Wilson delivered the West Kelowna man's sentence in the Kelowna courthouse, Friday Jan. 29. Barrett has already spent the equivalent of 3.5 years in prison so will only serve another 2.5 years behind bars. He was also ordered to stay away from 80-year-old Eleanor Holmes for the duration of his sentence.
Barrett, born in 1959, was on trial for attempting to murder his mother but entered a surprise guilty plea earlier this week to aggravated assault.
In his decision, Wilson said he considered the protection of the public and of Barrett's mother.