Former funeral director sentenced to 18 months in jail

Former Mattawa funeral director Timmy Lynn Smith learned his fate in provincial court today.

Smith, 51, was sentenced to 18 months in jail followed by two years probation by Ontario Court Justice Gregory Rodgers. The judge also banned him from being in a position of trust involving finances.

Smith pled guilty to 48 criminal charges that included indignities to human remains , forgery , switching ashes, defrauding families out of prepaid funeral services and stealing caskets in September.