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VANCOUVER — A young woman who saw her schooling, employment and reputation crumble around her after a 20-second lapse in judgment during Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riot has been spared jail time, with a judge concluding the scathing campaign of online shaming that targeted her was more than enough to ensure she learned her lesson.

Instead, 23-year-old Camille Cacnio, who was photographed stealing pants from a looted clothing store, was handed a suspended sentence that will include two years of probation, a nighttime curfew and 150 hours of community service. She will also be left with a criminal record.

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Cacnio became a focal point for public anger after photos of her appeared on a series of name-and-shame websites, and an Internet apology that she authored only seemed to add to the online abuse she endured.

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Provincial court Judge Joseph Galati accepted Cacnio’s argument that her behaviour on June 15, 2011, when the Vancouver Canucks’ loss in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final devolved into a destructive riot, was out of character for someone who appears to have a bright future in front of her.