A Saskatoon police officer guilty of obstructing justice has been handed a 90-day conditional sentence.
Const. Steven Nelson was sentenced in Saskatoon Provincial Court Friday. A judge ruled his sentence be served in the community and ordered Nelson to perform 50 hours of community service and abide by a curfew.
Nelson was charged last October after a victim’s statement went missing in a domestic violence case he was investigating.
Court heard Nelson took a statement in August 2012 from a woman who claimed she was assaulted. The woman recanted her claim the next day, but the second statement she filed disappeared.
He was found guilty in June.
Nelson is currently suspended with pay from the Saskatoon police.
Chief Clive Weighill said in a statement shortly after the sentencing that he will be requesting Nelson’s suspension continue without pay and that he will seek Nelson’s dismissal at a hearing.
