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Calgary man handed 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting 3 vulnerable women

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Grant, M. (2026, September 17). Calgary man handed 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting 3 vulnerable women. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/richard-mantha-sexual-assault-women-sex-trade-calgary-sentence-9.7348110?cmp=rss

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CBC News · collected 2026-09-17 · by Meghan Grant
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Richard Mantha, a 62-year-old Calgary man, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting three vulnerable women who worked in the sex trade industry. Convicted of six offenses including drugging and using a weapon during one assault, prosecutors argued for a term between 10 and 13 years while defense counsel requested five to seven years. The judge noted that Mantha has an antisocial personality disorder with no remorse for his actions. Police arrested Mantha in April 2023 following a search of his rural property east of Chestermere, where he lived in a trailer inside a quonset.
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Richard Robert Mantha, 62, from Calgary, received a 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting vulnerable women at his rural property near Chestermere between 2019 and 2023. The judge sentenced him to six years less than five years and three months credit for time already served, leaving Mantha with about seven more years in prison. He was convicted of six offences: three sexual assaults, one involving drugging a victim, and uttering threats against another woman. Justice Judith Shriar noted that Mantha showed "callous disrespect" by laughing when a terrified victim fled his property. The trial faced delays due to Mantha firing previous lawyers and having health issues like a stroke. One victim, Aimee Ert, testified about being drugged, choked, and sexually assaulted after agreeing to go with Mantha to his acreage.

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Meghan Grant
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Calgary Chestermere

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Mantha PERSON · 7× Calgary GPE · 3× Aimee Ert PERSON · 1× Chestermere GPE · 1× Dominique Mathurin PERSON · 1× Ert PERSON · 1× Judith Shriar PERSON · 1× Justin Dean PERSON · 1× Richard Mantha PERSON · 1× Shriar PERSON · 1×

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Ert was in court Thursday as the sentencing decision was delivered. Mantha was arrested in April 2023 after a massive police search of his rented rural property where he lived in a trailer inside a quonset about 16 kilometres east of Chestermere. Mantha’s trial started in January 2024 and faced several lengthy delays because he fired two sets of lawyers and then had two health incidents, including a stroke which has left him unable to speak.
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Calgary man handed 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting 3 vulnerable women · assertive framing

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Richard Mantha handed 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting 3 vulnerable women Calgary man convicted of 6 offences against 3 women asserted
man → hand → women
A Calgary man who targeted and sexually assaulted several vulnerable women who worked in Calgary’s sex trade has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. asserted
who → target → prison
Mantha, 62, was convicted of six offences in April: sexually assaulting three women — one of whom he drugged, and another he suffocated and assaulted with a weapon — as well as uttering threats against a fourth woman. asserted
he → convict → woman
On Thursday, Justice Judith Shriar imposed the lengthy prison term following sentencing arguments last month where prosecutor Dominique Mathurin argued for a 10 to 13 year term while defence lawyer Justin Dean asked the judge to consider a five to seven year sentence. asserted
Dean → impose → sentence
Mantha has just over five-years' credit for the time he served pending trial, leaving six years, nine months left on his sentence. asserted
he → have → sentence
Shriar noted that a report prepared by a psychiatrist during the trial found that Mantha has an anti-social personality disorder, a disregard for others and lacks remorse for his actions. asserted
Mantha → note → actions
Mantha's victims were four women who struggled with drug addiction at the time. asserted
who → struggle → time
A publication ban protects the identities of three of the victims. asserted
ban → protect → victims
A fourth, Aimee Ert, successfully applied to the court to have the publication ban on her identity lifted. asserted
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Ert was in court Thursday as the sentencing decision was delivered. Mantha was arrested in April 2023 after a massive police search of his rented rural property where he lived in a trailer inside a quonset about 16 kilometres east of Chestermere. Mantha’s trial started in January 2024 and faced several lengthy delays because he fired two sets of lawyers and then had two health incidents, including a stroke which has left him unable to speak. asserted
which → deliver → him
During the trial, court heard that Mantha targeted women on the Forest Lawn stroll, a prostitution area in the southeast neighbourhood along 19th Avenue. asserted
Mantha → hear → Avenue
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