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However, Lhe judge warned Giesbrecht, any kind of crime you 1t commit under the code after this, with x your record, will certainly pul you in the range of sentencing that will * involve penitentiary Lime.1'n 90-lt;fay jail term)r Barry Thomas Mikalson, 24, of uT Lethbridge, received an inlermiUent a 90-day jail sentence and two years js probation Wednesday in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge after ;e pleading guilty to assault causing in bodily harm.:n The chaige stemmed from an Oct.29 incident involving Mikalson, his ic ‘ roommate and a man they suspected id had stolen some items from their *c residence.ty Rumors led Mikalson and his companion to believe the man had 2n stolen 9500 cash, a kni fe and a .souvcni r Harley Davidson beer can. of At about 3 a.m. Oct. 29, the pairck went to the victim’s residence, knocked on the door and were let in by he a Iiauscguest who had bee n sleeping on la the couch.of Once inside, the men went into the victim's bedroom where he had been id sleeping with his wife, and struck him rc in lhe face and kicked him in thelis chest.ith The victim denied having stolen th6 items, and nothing was turned upduring a subsequent search by police.Mikalson has a record of property-related offences committed between 1930 and 1932.He received a 14-month jail sentence in 1932 for break-ins. *Defence Sawyer Alan Dahl submitted the length of Mikalson’s sentence should not exceed lhaL of 30 days intermittent, handed down earlier to Mika Ison’s accomplice.However, Mr. Justice Laurie Maclean said lhe offence was a very serious one that not only involved violence, but violence in the private residence of the viclim who was sleeping at the lime.1’The judge said that normally, even without a criminal record like Mikalson's, the crime would attract a lengthy sentence.However, the judge said he look Mikalson's six-year crime’free span and current full-time job info consideration prior to sentencing.Mikalson will serve I he jail term weekends, from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Sunday so he con continue working.“I wouldn't otherwise have given this sentence, said Maclean..'Two wrongs in sentencing don’t make a rightThe judge also handed Mikalson a five-year firearm prohibition.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Thu, Sep 15, 1988
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