McArthur sentenced to jail time for sexual assault

Terry McArthur, who resigned as chief of Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, will not be receiving $48,000 in severance pay. Initially council said he would be paid but criticism from Aboriginal Affairs Canada forced council to withdraw the money. McArthur was sentenced to nine months in jail after pleading guilty in May to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in April 2012. Upon completion of his jail term, he will be on probation for a year. He will also be on the sex offender registry for a decade and must submit a DNA sample. The jail sentence came as a surprise as the defence and Crown prosecutor, who had jointly proposed a 12-month conditional sentence to be served in the community. McArthur remains free pending appeal of his sentence.