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At Inuvik Territorial Court Aug. 3 the man, who will not be identified because of his mental health issues, pleaded guilty to one count of pointing a firearm at another person, one count of criminal harassment, one count of breach of recognizance and one count of possessing a weapon while prohibited from doing so. Deputy Judge Brian Neal accepted a joint proposal from both the crown and defence and sentenced him to 30 months in prison, minus 249 days credit for time served. He also placed the man under a 10 year firearms prohibition and ordered him on two years probation following his sentence.

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Crown prosecutor Morgan Fane told court the man was under a recognizance on Feb. 19 when he was visiting his mother with several people, including the victim whom he was ordered to not be in the presence of.

At approximately 10 p.m., others in the place left, leaving the man and the victim alone. The victim told the man she wanted to leave. The man, who was highly intoxicated at the time, picked up a fire arm and pointed it directly at the womanSA国际影视传媒檚 head and told her SA国际影视传媒渘obody is leaving here.SA国际影视传媒�

Fane added the barrel of the firearm was nearly touching the victimSA国际影视传媒檚 forehead.

However, another family member came by before things escalated further. The man then left for the bar, which he was also bound by conditions to not visit. Before he left, he told the victim to stay put, saying if she left he would SA国际影视传媒渇ind her and shoot her.SA国际影视传媒�

The victim called police, who arrived shortly afterwards. While police were speaking to the victim, the man returned and was promptly arrested. During the arrest the man threatened both police officers, telling one that he would SA国际影视传媒渇ind them when sober and stab them.SA国际影视传媒� The man also told the police he SA国际影视传媒渒new where they livedSA国际影视传媒� and he would SA国际影视传媒渉unt for them.SA国际影视传媒�

During the sentencing, a victim impact statement from the woman was read aloud in court to the man, who was sitting in the prisonerSA国际影视传媒檚 box.

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Defence lawyer Peter Harte told court the man had extreme FASD which had not been addressed in spite of a report recommending the man needed constant supervision. He noted the report determined the manSA国际影视传媒檚 cognitive abilities to be at a six-year-oldSA国际影视传媒檚 level, was functionally illiterate and not able to make his own deliberate decisions. He added the man did not understand concepts such as directions, could not count and have both a severe language delay and memory deficit.

The man also grew up in a violent household, experiencing routine binge drinking by his parents. At one point the man was witness to his mother stabbing his father. Harte also noted when the courts were preparing a pre-sentence report for an earlier conviction in 2017, many members of his family who had made appointments to give interviews about his upbringing and history did not show up.

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Accepting the manSA国际影视传媒檚 apology and the joint statement, Neal waived the victim fine surcharge.

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