A London group home operator convicted of a dozen fire code violations in connection with a fatal fire will be sentenced in April.
A date of April 24 was set Thursday morning for the sentencing of Keith Charles. He was to be sentenced at the Provincial Offences Court in London on March 20, but the sentencing was put off to allow Charles, who is representing himself, to obtain a pre-sentence report.
He made the request after Justice of the Peace Peter Aharan said he was considering a 30 day jail sentence to be served on weekends. The prosecution had been recommending Charles pay $5,000 per count, for a total of $60,000 in fines, and 18 months probation.
Charles was found guilty of the fire code violations at 1451 Oxford St. where 72-year-old David MacPherson was killed in a blaze in November of 2014. The group home for high need individuals was operated by Charles under the name People Helping People
