Jail Time Sought

The Crown is going to ask today for a jail term for a man who admits he stood by while his severely depressed wife took her own life in a northern Ontario motel.

The prosecutor admits 47-year-old Peter Fonteece is no "Dr.Kevorkian,'' but says his failure to call for help after his wife Yanisa took 40 sleeping pills warrants jail.

Fonteece is to appear in a Thunder Bay court today for a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death.

The body of 38-year-old Yanisa Fonteece was discovered in a Super8 Motel room last February after her husband phoned 9-1-1.