Former Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison today for the 2002 sexual assault of his college roommate's niece.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe was given the duty of resentencing McIntosh after his original sentence of 11 « to 23 months of house arrest was vacated by the state Superior and Supreme courts. Dembe admitted to struggling with the decision.
"Mr. McIntosh is not a monster; no one is," she said. "I have wrestled with this decision."
However, Dembe was ultimately unswayed by McIntosh's plea for a lenient sentence as a reward for being a model citizen before the assault and having complied with all court provisions since 2002.
McIntosh's lawyer, Joel Trigiani, said he plans to appeal.
"When we have cases like this that are close calls, that's what appellate courts are for," he said at the sentencing this afternoon.
McIntosh's wife appeared visibly shaken as her husband mouthed comforting words to her as he was lead out of the courtroom.
