A Coquitlam man will serve about four months in jail for the sexual assault of a teenager last year.
On the evening of Nov. 24, 2014, a 16-year-old Coquitlam girl was waiting for a bus at the Lougheed Town Centre bus loop in Burnaby when she was approached by 49-year-old John Walter Sebela. Transit Police said he touched her and made inappropriate comments, then followed her on to the bus and sat down beside her.
Sebela made further inappropriate comments and sexually assaulted her before getting off the bus. He was arrested at his home three days later and charged with sexual assault.
Sebela is a known prolific offender and is on Canada's sex offender registry, according to police.
On Monday, he was sentenced in B.C. Provincial Court in Port Coquitlam to about four months in jail plus three years' probation, and he must submit a DNA sample and pay a victim surcharge of $200.
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