Peace Bond for Assaulting Wife and Head-Butting Her in The Face
Peace Bond for Assaulting Wife and Head-Butting Her in The Face
Read moreCharge(s):
CC: s.266 – Assault
Allegations:
My client, while under the influence of alcohol, and in the course of an argument with his wife, caused her to suffer welts on her arms, and head butted her in the face.
Result:
Peace Bond. Criminal charge withdrawn. No criminal conviction.
Domestic Violence Charge Withdrawn on Trial Day
Read moreCharge(s):
CC: s. 266 – Assault (domestic)
Allegations:
My client was arguing and fighting with his wife, because he was intoxicated and she was refusing to let him have the car keys. My client was angry and destroying property in the house. As they fought over her purse for the keys, she was thrown around and fell down the stairs. She called the police to remove him from their residence.
Result:
The matter was scheduled for trial because she insisted that he never hit her and that the fight was consensual. The Crown refused to withdraw the charge, insisting instead on a resolution by way of a Peace Bond. My client refused. Come trial day, the complainant (his wife) did not show up. Consequently, the Crown had no evidence to call and the charge against my client was withdrawn. No criminal conviction.
Domestic Violence Charge Withdrawn
Read moreCharge(s):
CC: s.266 – Assault (domestic)
Allegations:
My client assaulted his wife by slapping her in the face, pulling her hair and twisting her arm, after she continued to refuse to provide him with a credit card, so that he could purchase more alcohol.
Result:
After a few weeks of involvement by Child and Family Services, to inquire into the safety of the complainant and their 3 children, and his commitment to residential treatment for his alcohol addiction, the Crown finally conceded to resolve this matter by way of a Peace Bond, and withdrew the charge. No criminal conviction.
No Jail for Violent Attack on Girlfriend
Read moreCharge(s):
CC; s.266 – Assault (domestic)
Allegations:
My client and his girlfriend became engaged in heated verbal argument as he was driving her home. After refusing to pull over and let her out, the complainant tried to open the door and jump out of the moving vehicle. She also grabbed the steering wheel and tried to cause an accident. My client became enraged with her and began to pull her hair, causing clumps of hair to come out. As she struggled with him, and kicked her legs out the window, her boots fell off, onto the road. He then proceeded to punch her repeatedly in the head and face. He eventually pulled over and she managed to escape and run away barefoot in the snow to call 911 from a store.
Result:
Although the complainant was unlikely to show up at trial, my client instructed me to change his plea to guilty and accept the resolution proposal of a suspended sentence and a period of probation for one year. No jail.
Domestic Violence Charge Withdrawn
Read moreCharge(s):
CC: s.266 – Assault (domestic)
Allegations:
After having a few drinks on New Years Eve, my client had an altercation with his wife and with his neighbour. After hitting his wife, and breaking a vase over her head, resulting in a bleeding cut to her forehead, their children fled to the neighbour’s residence, on two separate occassions. The neighbour confronted my client, resulting in a further physical altercation between them.
Result:
As a result of difficulties in the Crown’s case (the complainant refused to cooperate and the children only heard, but did not actually witness the assault), the Crown would have been unable to prove their case at trial and, consequently, withdrew the charge. No criminal conviction.
