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A man has been a sentenced in one of Canada’s first genetic genealogy cases, where a victim remains alive.

Bradley Britton, 62, from Innisfil, pleaded guilty to two historical sexual assault offences against 20-something women in the GTA between 1987 and 1993.

He was sentenced to eight years in prison, five for the initial Toronto incident and three for a second Oakville matter, during which the judge commented on the “stark horror” the victims must have felt during the incidents.

On May 23, 1987, Britton snuck into a woman’s Toronto bedroom around 3 a.m., put his hand over her mouth and held a kitchen knife at her neck, telling her to remain quiet so that he would not hurt her.

The woman, whose identity is protected by court

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