Man who drugged elderly women before robbing them gets 8-year sentence

An Algerian man who apparently came to Canada with the sole intent of drugging elderly women before pilfering anything of value from their homes was sentenced to an overall prison term of eight years on Friday after admitting he carried out four robberies in a similar fashion in Montreal and Ottawa.
“I made an enormous error. I ask for forgiveness, especially from the victims,” Hamid Chekakri said just before Quebec Court Judge Thierry Nadon agreed with the joint recommendation prese