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WARNING: This article references sexual assault, and may affect those who have experienced​ them or know someone affected by them.

Kaitlyn Braun was sentenced to three years in prison in a Hamilton court room Monday after she faked being pregnant and conned two women into providing her with doula support while she was on house arrest for similar crimes. 

Braun will also serve the remainder of her house arrest sentence behind bars, bringing her total sentence to three years and eight months of incarceration.

Dressed in a lime green sweater and dark green pants, Braun, 26, sat in the prisoner’s box Monday, looking down for most of the hearing and did not address the court except to say “good morning” to Ontario Court Justice Joe Fiorucci.

In January, she pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining by false pretence services under $5,000 and two harassment-related charges from April 2024. Both …

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