A man dubbed the Scarborough Bedroom Rapist for a 1999 crime was imprisoned yesterday for the equivalent of six years for a Christmas Day 2002 break-in that was "disturbingly" similar to his previous crime. Justice Nola Garton said it was "apparent" that Eli Nicholas, 25, by breaking into the home only two days after he was released from jail, ignored previous warnings by Justice Peter Jarvis that he faced "increasingly serious penalties" for future crimes. . . .

Nicholas has been behind bars since his arrest. He was given 30 months credit for that time.

The judge noted the "disturbing similarity" to a break-in on Dec. 13, 1999, when Nicholas preyed upon a 75-year-old Scarborough woman while her paralyzed husband lay helplessly beside her.