Man gets house arrest for stabbing stepfather
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This article was published 03/05/2016 (3764 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A man who stabbed his stepfather has been sentenced to four months house arrest.
During sentencing on Monday, Crown attorney Ron Toews said that Brandon police responded to a 911 call from a home on the 800 block of 13th Street on Oct. 23, 2015.
Officers arrived to find that a man had been stabbed in his upper shoulder with a paring knife.
He was taken to hospital where the knife was removed, and he received one stitch to close the wound.
The stabber, Brenden Lee Crate, was arrested. The victim is Crate’s stepfather, who told police that he was stabbed after he intervened because his stepson had disrespected his mother.
Defence lawyer Philip Sieklicki said the dispute led to shoving between the two men, which led to the stepfather hitting the accused, who then “lost control” and stabbed his stepdad.
Sieklicki said both men had been drinking heavily before the argument.
In fact, Toews said, a number of witnesses were intoxicated and they may not have been reliable witnesses if the case went to trial.
That led the Crown and defence to reach the plea bargain for four months house arrest for 23-year-old Crate, who also breached his release order on Jan. 9 by drinking.
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