A territorial judge condemned violence in Northern communities during a pair of sentencing hearings that saw hefty jail terms SA国际影视传媒� and tough lectures SA国际影视传媒� handed out to domestic abusers.

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The man, who isnSA国际影视传媒檛 being named to protect the identity of the victim, woke up the sleeping woman with a flurry of punches before choking her and throwing her to the ground. The court heard the man then dragged the woman on the floor and threw her down a flight of stairs.

Upon his arrest, the man made threats to Tuktoyaktuk officers and their families.

The offences committed by the man SA国际影视传媒� whose childhood was marked by violence and drugs in the shadow of residential schools SA国际影视传媒� are the latest in a long line of criminal record entries that Crown prosecutor Alex Godfrey described as being virtually SA国际影视传媒渦nbrokenSA国际影视传媒� over the last 17 years.

Given the lengthy record, which includes seven convictions for assault and another seven for uttering threats, Godfrey asked for a 10-month jail sentence followed by probation.

But Bourassa called 10 months behind bars SA国际影视传媒渨oefully inadequate.SA国际影视传媒�

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Bourassa handed the man a global sentence of 17 months in jail SA国际影视传媒� almost double what the Crown had called for.

In another sentencing hearing that echoed the same themes of residential school trauma and recycled violence, Bourassa delivered a similar stern sentencing to a 29-year-old Fort Providence man SA国际影视传媒� who isnSA国际影视传媒檛 being named to protect the identity of his victim SA国际影视传媒� convicted for a string of domestic assaults and breaches of release conditions. His criminal record also includes 40 plus convictions.

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In a mayhem-filled month of May, the court heard the man committed a series of assaults against his common-law partner. In one incident, he kicked her in the head, pushing a witness who tried to intervene.

The court heard alcohol and drugs played a role in the bulk of the offences.

Bourassa said the, SA国际影视传媒渉umiliation, pain and beatingSA国际影视传媒� needed to be condemned. He mulled an 18-month sentenced before settling on 12 months, a term submitted by both the Crown and the manSA国际影视传媒檚 lawyer.

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