A man who tried and failed to lie about his identity was sentenced last week to the 28 days he had already served in jail.
Rupinder Parhar, 27, pleaded guilty Jan. 31 to one count of obstruction and two counts of failure to attend court.
The trouble began on April 18, 2009 when police became involved in an assault investigation and started talking to Parhar.
Parhar gave police a different name and provided a matching birthday, but told them he had no identification. When officers told them they would need to obtain fingerprints to confirm his identity Parhar confessed his true identity and that he was trying to avoid police discovering outstanding warrants for his arrest.
Speaking on his own behalf, Parhar told the court he also did not want the other people around the assault investigation to know his real name.
Parhar missed two court dates after his arrest and release.
A man convicted of a string of probation breaches was sentenced to 85 days in jail, but he will be able to serve that time on weekends so he can keep working.
Craig Donald Beach, 37, pleaded guilty to five separate breaches of probation orders.
Judge Norman Mackie said the man simply isn’t listening to the court.
“He is not following the court orders as he is supposed to.”
The breaches included failing to report to his probation officer and to appear before a judge for a review of his efforts. He also failed to attend counselling and was found drinking despite a court-ordered abstinence condition.
Mackie gave ascending sentences for each of the five breaches with the first receiving five days and the last receiving 25.
The Crown was asking only for a 30-day sentence.
Beach asked for the court to consider allowing him to serve the sentence on weekends, which he was granted but for a longer term.
Beach has been on probation since 2008 for a minor assault, but his continued breaches of court orders have extended his probation.
