A Kitchener man has been banished from Prince Edward Island by a provincial court judge – a joint recommendation between the Crown and defence that represents an unusual sentence, the Canadian Press is reporting.

Brian Mark Clarke, 36, of Kitchener, was recently sentenced in Charlottetown on charges including theft, operating a motor vehicle while prohibited, flight from police and possession of stolen property, the report says.

Nicole O’Byrne, a law professor at the University of New Brunswick, says while banishing an offender from such a large area as a province is unusual, it is well within the judge’s discretion.

“While the banishment of an offender reminds one of the punishments meted out in the Middle Ages, it is within the set of sanctions that a judge might find reasonable in a particular circumstance,” she said in an interview with CP.