Man sentenced to time served on child luring charge:

 In the 3rd story I've posted recently (1st, 2nd) another Canadian internet child predator gets a slap on the wrist. In this case less than a slap on the wrist. 

41-year-old Christopher Nickel of St. Catharines, Ontario was given time served for trying to sexually lure a teen girl through the eBay owned Kijiji who was advertising for baby sitting and house cleaning.

Nickel spent 5 months in jail while awaiting trial then spent some time on house arrest.

Judge Joseph Nadel said this about Nickel...

Nadel told Nickel he wasn't sending him back to jail, "and you should be grateful," he said, adding a year "is a good sentence."

Nadel ordered strict probationary terms, including Nickel's registration in the sex-offender registry, plus prohibitions on Internet use and being around minors.

He also scolded Nickel, telling him to find work and get any needed counselling.

"What makes us different from the animals is our ability to be self-aware (and) control our animal urges," he told him.

"You've got three years to turn your life around and get some help in doing so," Nadel said.

"I'd be very grateful not to have to see you again as an accused person."

If you didn't want to see him again as an accused person then you should have sent him to jail.