An Oshawa man who built a dungeon in an abandoned farmhouse to confine his estranged wife’s friend was sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday.
Robert White, 45, pleaded guilty in September to break-and-enter with intent to commit an indictable offence.
The sentence includes eight months of pre-trail custody, which means White will serve 16 months.
He admitted to building the confinement room in the basement of a vacant farmhouse on Concession 7 at the York-Durham Line in Pickering with the intention of kidnapping his ex-wife’s friend, but claims he never intended to hurt anyone.
The room was discovered in the 136-year-old farmhouse on federal land in November 2011. The building was slated for demolition when contractors stumbled on the dungeon.
The farmhouse was destroyed in a fire last January.
Smoke from a Pickering, Ont., farmhouse seen through trees near Concession Road 7 in Pickering, Jan. 6, 2012. CITYNEWS/James Tumelty
Oshawa man who built dungeon gets 2 years in jail
Shawne McKeown and CityNews.ca
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