Dr. Louis Bourget appears in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in Gander on Friday. (Troy Turner/CBC)
Sentencing submissions in the case against an oral surgeon who pleaded guilty to assault — after letting a prison guard do dental work on a sedated inmate — will have to wait another month.
Dr. Louis Bourget was charged after he permitted a correctional officer to extract an inmate’s teeth in October 2020. The incident was recorded by another correctional officer on his phone.
Submissions began Friday in Gander Supreme Court but were stopped when defence attorney Randy Piercey challenged the victim impact statement by the inmate, Blair
