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That's according to the NWT judge who sentenced Jonathan Zoe Chocolate to two months house arrest for clubbing Clifford James Schaefer over the head with a metal pole. 

Chocolate and Schaefer were drinking in a Fort Smith residence with a third friend, when Chocolate became violent and struck Schaefer with the pole three times. 

The assault weapon was described by defence lawyer Stephanie Whitecloud-Brass as comparable to a tent pole. 

The victim needed four stitches but Territorial Court judge Donovan Molloy said it could have been much worse. 

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Chocolate is a 28-year-old Tlicho man from Behchoko, though he grew up primarily in N'dilo. 

Whitecloud-Brass told the court Chocolate completed his education up until Grade 10, at which point SA国际影视传媒渋t was just easier to start working.SA国际影视传媒�

Chocolate is a heavy equipment operator with an additional certification to work on vehicles. He was a Jiffy Lube employee for six years and works as an IP technician at Aurora Geosciences Ltd. Whitecloud-Brass told the court Chocolate takes pride in supporting his seven-year-old son. 

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Chocolate admitted he was intoxicated and said he SA国际影视传媒渟hould never have let things escalate.SA国际影视传媒�

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