A Campbell River man who burned down his house on the Wei Wai Kum First Nation Reserve can appeal his sentence but not his conviction, a B.C. Court of Appeal justice ruled Friday, Feb. 16.
Eddy Walter Cliffe was sentenced to 21 months in jail and 18 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to setting fire to a house he owned on the Wei Wai Kum First Nation Reserve on June 25, 2019.
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