VANCOUVER — A "strong young man" who sucker punched a 55-year-old bus driver in Burnaby, B.C., last year won't be spending time behind bars.

This week a Vancouver provincial court judge sentenced Del Louie, 22, to an 18-month conditional sentence followed by two years probation, noting Louie's troubled childhood and aboriginal background.

The sentence elicited snorts and scoffs from some Coast Mountain Bus employees, who packed the gallery in support of victim Charles Dixon.

Outside the courthouse, the 25-year veteran bus driver said he was disappointed and in "utter shock" over the sentence.

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