A man who threatened to kill his wife’s boyfriend and himself last summer, as their marriage broke down, was put on two years probation Monday.
The man pleaded guilty to charges of uttering threats, possession of a dangerous weapon and breaching his bail conditions.
The man’s wife called police on July 11 last year reporting her husband had come into the house with a loaded handgun. He had told her that he was going to kill her boyfriend.
He said he was going to drive by the man’s house and “shoot it up.”
Police arrived swiftly and surrounded the house, before asking the man to come out and surrender, which he did.
After his initial arrest, the man was released on bail with a condition that he have no contact with his wife, but he wrote her a message over Facebook in February.
The Crown and the defence both recommended the probationary term. The man does not have a criminal record and his lawyer said this was a case of emotional strain.
Other than the Facebook message the man has respected the no-contact provision and all other bail conditions. He mentioned specifically to the court that he had not seen his children in 284 days.
Under the terms of the probation, he will have to have no contact with either his wife or her boyfriend, and take any counselling recommended for alcohol, drug abuse, anger management or domestic violence.
He was also fined $500.
A woman who repeatedly missed court-ordered anger management classes, was given more time to take them, as well as a $500 fine.
Alison Jean Norris pleaded guilty to a single count of breaching her probation and took full responsibility for missing the classes several times.
“It is my own decisions that have got me into this position.”
Duty counsel Brad Leebody said Norris missed one of the classes by just minutes, arriving as the door was closing.
Norris was on probation for an assault causing bodily harm charge. In addition to the fine, her probation was extended for six months, during which time she will have to abstain for alcohol and drugs and take the anger management counselling.
A young man’s alcohol problem cost him a little bit of his freedom on Monday.
Marcel Jensen-Allard pleaded guilty to single counts of breaching his probation and of obstruction of a police officer and was handed a 45-day jail term.
Police were called out on April 12 about reports of two men trying to break into garages. They found Jensen-Allard and another man in the area and they matched the description they had received from homeowners.
Jensen-Allard was drunk and gave police a false name. He was arrested and placed in cells overnight. The false name also hid that Jensen-Allard was on probation with a requirement he not drink.
When a new officer arrived on at work the next day he recognized Jensen-Allard from previous dealings and the deception quickly fell apart.
Judge Bruce Garriock took the middle road between the recommendations of the Crown and the defence in imposing the 45-day sentence.
The 17 days Jensen-Allard had already spent in custody will cut down on the overall sentence.
