In separate unanimous decisions, a three-member Alberta Court of Appeal panel said the penitentiary terms for retired Calgary Police Service member Steve Walton and businessman Ken Carter were justified.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But they agreed with Crown prosecutor Brian Graff that some sanction was warranted, reducing Heather Walton’s prohibition to three years. In detailing the facts of the case, the appeal judges noted both Steve Walton and Carter were found by Court of King’s Justice Glen Poelman to be the main players in the months-long harassment of Taylor.
“The trial judge found that . . . Walton and Carter were principals in the harassment of Ms. Taylor and their degree of moral blameworthiness was high,” they wrote.