http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/07/cold-sentence050307.html

Frostbitten lover given suspended sentence Last Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:00:04 EST

CBC News

WINNIPEG - A court in Manitoba has given a suspended sentence to an American who will lose all his fingers and half his toes after sneaking across the border in the dead of winter to visit an internet flame.

Charles Gonsoulin will be deported back to the United States once he recovers from the amputations.

On Monday, he pleaded guilty to illegally entering Canada and carrying a prohibited weapon.

The weapon was pepper spray, with which he intended to fight off any animals he met along the way, the court was told.

SEE ALSO FEB. 25, 2005: Cold hands, warm heart

Gonsoulin was picked up on Feb. 23 on a golf course in southern Manitoba after spending about 100 hours in the cold. He was dehydrated, babbling and severely frostbitten.

The 41-year-old had developed an online relationship with a woman in Quebec, but wasn't able to enter Canada legally to meet her because of a past robbery conviction.

He decided to walk across the North Dakota-Manitoba border and make his way to Winnipeg, where he intended to board a bus to meet his sweetheart.

Submitted on 03/08/2005

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: www.cbc.ca 07 Mar 2005

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Charles said:
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