The man who was once the senior officer of the B.C. legislature has been sentenced to three months of house arrest for breaching the public trust when he purchased a new suit and shirts as work attire.
Craig James, 71, the former clerk of the B.C. legislative assembly, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment but to be served in his home.
The sentence delivered in B.C. Supreme Court Friday marked the end of a four-year scandal that began with dramatic accusations of misspending against James by then-Speaker Darryl Plecas, involved multiple investigations and culminated in a criminal trial in which most charges were dismissed….