Bail granted to man accused in jailhouse assault
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This article was published 04/11/2023 (1049 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A man facing charges for allegedly assaulting a fellow inmate, who required stitches to his face from the attack, at Brandon Correctional Centre was granted bail in provincial court on Thursday.
Jesse Anthony, who is facing an assault charge from earlier this year, made a successful bid for release, despite opposition from the Crown, who argued against his release on the basis of public safety and his likelihood to re-offend.
Crown attorney Caroline Lacey read the evidence for the charge in court. The charges against Anthony have not been proven in court and he remains innocent until proven guilty.
On June 16, 2023, Brandon Police Service received a call about an assault that occurred at Brandon Correctional Centre. The victim, also an inmate at the jail, told police that he was assaulted by an inmate and he required stitches to his face due to the injuries.
A correctional officer told police that he had witnessed the assault, which he described as unprovoked.
In his statement to police, the victim said that he and the other inmate had been having arguments for a week and the tension between them began to escalate.
Lacey said that evidence of the assault had been captured on video surveillance.
The prosecutor cited Anthony’s lengthy criminal record and numerous convictions for breaching court orders and argued against his release.
“The Crown obviously thinks that if he’s acting like this while he’s in custody, there’s little confidence we have about his ability to behave himself when he is on the street of Brandon or wherever he might be,” Lacey said.
Anthony’s defence lawyer, Norman Sims, presented a bail plan that would have Anthony living with a friend in Keeseekoowenin First Nation. Sims added context from his client about the events that led up to the assault, including that the victim took Anthony’s mattress and canteen items out of his cell and made provocations towards him.
The defence lawyer acknowledged his client’s substantial criminal record but said that the jailhouse incident was the only matter he was pending on and argued that he was a suitable candidate for bail.
Judge Donovan Dvorak also acknowledged Anthony’s record of breaching court orders, but ultimately decided to grant the man bail. Anthony was also placed on a curfew in addition to the condition that he live at the Keeseekoowenin First Nation address.
Anthony’s matter will next appear in Brandon court on Dec. 4.
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