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Court Slams Canadian Judge for Sentencing Elderly Man Who Dismembered Son's Spouse to House Arrest: 'Demonstrably Unfit'

The remains of Treasa Lynn Oberly were brought to Joseph Donald Skelly by his son Kenneth Skelly who reportedly asked for help hiding the body so that it could not be identified. (Credit: Global News)

The house arrest sentence of an elderly man who pleaded guilty to dismembering his son's spouse has been overturned after a Canadian court called the judge's ruling "unfit."

The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that Justice John Little's two-year conditional sentence on the man was "disproportionally lenient." The man was instead sentenced to three years in prison, as reported by the Edmonton Journal.

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