A 54 year old Oliver man has been sentenced to five years in prison after appearing today in a Prince George – BC Supreme Court.

Lloyd William Cook received a sentence of three years on the charge of unlawful confinement and two years consecutive on a second count of interference with a dead body.

Cook said “There isn’t a day that I don’t think about what happened”.  He stated he was raised in an abusive home and witnessed his father beating his mother “I think I have a disorder or something , I don’t think straight when I panic”. He said he was not trying to deny his actions “I want to be accountable. I’m not trying to deny it, I’m sorry.”

Cook had been on trial in connection with the death of his stepson, 13-year-old Adam Scott Willliams-Dudoward in 2000 in Prince George but he failed to show for the verdict.

Cook was found not guilty of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.

Justice Glen Parrett  noted “Mr. Cook has a significant and disturbing criminal record that dates back to 1975  and it includes 33 criminal  convictions  between November of 1975 and April of 1998.”   Some of the crimes took place while he was on still on probation, or  parole for other convictions.  In fact, he was on probation for forcible  confinement at the time of Adam was being tied to a bed.

Cook was arrested last week in Osoyoos  after  failing to show up for the verdict in his manslaughter trial.