Post Strip Club Domestic Dispute (Calgary) – Charges Withdrawn

Charges:
CC: s.266 – Assault, s.811 – Fail to Comply with Peace Bond

Allegations:
My client was bound by conditions of a Peace Bond, relating to a prior assault upon his wife, when he assaulted her again, thereby breaching his conditions.  At 2:00 am, one morning, my client returned to his residence, intoxicated, after a night out with friends at a strip club.  His wife got angry with him and the argument escalated to the point where my client smashed his phone on the floor, then grabbed her by the throat and began choking her, while he cursed and insulted her.  He took their money and told her he was leaving her.  She said she was going to call the police.  He told her if she called the police, she would never see him again.

Result:
Charges Withdrawn.  My client received a Conditional Discharge.

Charges:    CC: s.267(A) – Assault with a Weapon

Allegations:
My client and her boyfriend suddenly pulled into a parking lot, where the complainant was hanging out with her friends.  Their vehicle struck two of the girls, knocking them to the ground.  My client got out of the car and began yelling and threatening them.  Her boyfriend got out of the car and proceeded to smash their vehicle with a shovel.  My client pulled out a knife and threatened them to stay away from her little sister (whom they had been bullying at school).  The complainant’s friend got into her vehicle, the girls jumped in and drove straight to the police station.

Result:
Charges Withdrawn.  Resolved with a Peace Bond.

Charges:
CC: s.348(1)(B)/268 – Break & Enter and Commit Aggravated Assault, s.348(1)(B)/430 – Break & Enter and Commit Mischief, s.88(1) – Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, s.264.1(1)(A) – Uttering Death Threats, s.145(5.1) – Breach of Undertaking.

Allegations:
My client’s cousins were attacked and stabbed by a couple of other guys from their reserve, so he and a few members of his family (including his brother and his father) found them and got revenge.  They broke into their house with weapons.  One guy had a baseball bat in one hand and a knife in the other, threatened to kill them, and slashed one guy’s arm.  My client swung a steel pipe around and broke one guy’s arm with it.  Another struck another guy in the head with a golf club.  They fought back and fists were thrown before my client and his family left.  The guys they attacked suffered numerous injuries, requiring medical attention.

Result:
On the day of trial, the Crown agreed to withdraw all charges and to resolve with a Peace Bond.

Charges:
CC: s.344(1)(B) – Armed Robbery, s.351(2) – Face Masked While Committing an Indictable Offence, s.266 – Assault

Allegations:
My client tried to rob a liquor store at gun point, wearing pyjamas, a hoody and a scarf over her face.  She was highly intoxicated.  She pointed an imitation firearm (a BB handgun) at the store clerk and said: “Give me all your money.”  The clerk immediately rushed my client, grabbed the gun from her, and had a customer hold her down until the police arrived. She also had an outstanding assault charge from a different incident.

Result:
My client was initially denied bail in Provincial Court when she had a different lawyer.  Months later, her father retained me.  I was able to get her out of jail with a sentence of time served plus probation.

Charges:
CC: s.266 – Assault, s.86(2) – Unsecured Firearm x 2, s.91(1) – Possess Firearm Without Licence x 2, s.264.1(1)(A) – Uttering Threats

Allegations:
My client got into a big argument with his wife over the phone, because she was out getting drunk with some friends.  He told her not to come home.  She did anyway, but slept in their RV.  When he found her there, he became enraged, and began hitting and punching her repeatedly, and pulled her hair so hard that some ripped out.  She was fighting back and screaming so loud that my client stopped, in order to avoid alerting the neighbours.  She told police that he brought home a shotgun and a rifle and she was concerned for the safety of herself and her family, as he had threatened to kill her father.

Result:
On the day of trial, the Crown agreed to withdraw all charges and to resolve with a Peace Bond.