An elderly Sudbury man with a lengthy criminal record will be spending more time in jail after admitting to slapping his female roommate in the face last week.

“I don’t mean this to be insulting, but you’re getting too old for this,” Ontario Court Justice Edward Pautschi told Ricky Hicks, 75, in Sudbury court. “You should be enjoying your retirement. This kind of outburst is not one of the things you should be doing in your golden years and spending time in jail …

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“Take advantage of the counselling programs which probation can provide you. It will give you and everyone around you much more peace.”

Hicks, who has a three-page criminal record, pleaded guilty to assault for an incident in his Lloyd Street apartment.

Pautschi, accepting a joint sentencing submission by

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