A jail sentence was handed down Thursday in connection to a break and enter and robbery charge from last November.
William Standingontheroad was sentenced in North Battleford Provincial Court to four years and 100 days for those charges. He was also handed 15-day concurrent sentences for unrelated summary offences for mischief and breach of undertaking from September.
Standingontheroad was also handed a 10-year weapons prohibition and a DNA order was also made. He must also pay victims surcharges of $200 on the indictable matters, $100 each for the other two.
The charge stems from an incident Nov. 29 in North Battleford in which a home was entered and the victim was robbed. According to Judge Bruce Bauer, aggravating factors in this case include the fact the accused entered someone’s home and robbed them, a firearm was used and the victim had been threatened with retaliation. Bauer also noted Standingontheroad was head of a gang and that the incident was planned and for the purpose of intimidation, the house had been occupied during the incident and there were threats of violence.
Mitigating factors cited by the judge included the guilty plea, co-operation with police, Gladue factors including the impact of residential schools, as well as Standingontheroad’s desire to look after his child and further his education.
Standingontheroad was credited with 266 days of time in remand, reducing his jail sentence from a possible five years down to four years and 100 days.
