A B.C. man originally given house arrest after admitting to drugging, sexually assaulting and taking nude photos of his blacked out sister-in-law will now spend time in a federal prison.

So ruled an appeals court judge, who overturned a provincial court decision from earlier this year that allowed Fort St. John veterinarian Justin Donald Sewell to serve his 33-month conditional sentence concurrently at home.

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In a ruling supported by two of her peers, appeals court justice Lisa Warren said the sentencing judge made an error in principle by failing to take into account the seriousness of the voyeurism charges, which didn’t arise out of the same incident.

“In imposing concurrent sentences, the judge erred in failing to consider the distinct legal interests violated by t

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