None of the sentences delivered Wednesday involved the offenders having to serve jail time. But, as was explained to Superior Court Justice James Brunton during a hearing at the Laval courthouse, different circumstances were taken into consideration before Crown and defence attorneys made common suggestions on the sentences to the judge. For two of the men, age was a factor, and the roles the other two men played in a system of widespread collusion that plagued Laval’s city hall between 1996 and 2010 was minimal.

The men all pleaded guilty to charges filed against them in 2013 in Project Honorer, the same case that saw former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt Sentenced to a six-year prison term last year.

Giuseppe Molluso, 74, the former head of the Accurso-owned construction companies Simard Beaudry and Louisbourg Construction, was sentenced to a prison term of two years less one day that he can serve in the community. The first part of the sentence will be served through house arrest and the second part will involve a curfew.

Molluso was also sentenced to two years of probation and is required to follow a series of conditions, including that he not communicate with other people who were charged in Project Honorer. However, Molluso was given an exception to that condition and will be allowed to communicate with Accurso, 65, as long as it has to do with his work at Simard Beaudry. Any other exchange between the two men will require permission from Molluso’s probation officer.

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