An Alberta man has been handed an 18-month sentence for a multi-day string of sucker punch attacks on strangers in downtown Vancouver last year. In handing down the sentence on Friday, B.C. Provincial Court Judge Susan Sangha said the community had been “understandably shocked and frightened” by Zachary Shettell’s assaults. During sentencing submissions, his lawyer, Jason Hemmerling, told the court Shettell was lost and alone in the city, had been robbed, was abusing drugs and in a “very, very hyper-stressed-out state of mind” at the time of the attacks. Kristen Robinson reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11273808/sucker-punch-sentence-18-months/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Vancouver #Alberta #Crime