A Windsor man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for setting a house on fire and injuring a girl.
Ken Kormendy, 45, was given credit for time already served which means he will spend another seven years and 345 days but he will be eligible for parole after one-third is served.
Following a trial, Kormendy was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder for pouring gasoline in a bedroom where Sheri Rueda and her daughter 7-year-old Isabel were sleeping in their home on Balfour Boulevard in October 2015. Kormendy then lit a fire.
Rueda and Kormendy were in a relationship and she was trying to break it off.
"I have no doubt he could hear the screams of pain," said Justice Christopher Bondy while handing down his sentence.
But the judge also pointed out that Kormendy has no pattern of abuse or violence and this was an isolated incident.
Isabel Rueda suffered burns to 15% of her body including severe scarring on her face.
"I respectfully disagree with his honour, " said Assistant Crown Walter Costa who was asking for a life sentence with no chance of parole for ten years. "He has imposed a five-year sentence on a very horrific and vial conduct. He gets credit for time served which brings it down to approximately eight and then he will do one-third of that and then he should be out after that."
Assistant Crown Walter Costa outside of the Superior Courthouse. November 2017 (Photo by AM800's Teresinha Medeiros)
Defence lawyer Helen Burgess says it was the right sentence.
"I think Justice Bondy provided a very fair and well-reasoned decision and I mean we were asking for ten and Kormendy was given 11."
Burgess admits the public will probably question the sentence but noted there were circumstances that Justice Bondy needed to consider including Kormendy has been a model prisoner and has the support of family and friends.
Despite that, Costa believes Kormendy deserves more.
"What this guy did to three human beings, it doesn't get any more barbaric than that."
Kormendy maintains his innocence and will appeal the conviction and sentence.