You often hear of incidents where people break into businesses.
What you don't hear often are crimes involving people who break out of them. But that was apparently the case May 17 at Venice House in North Battleford.
The incident happened shortly after the restaurant and bar had closed for business in the early hours of the morning. According to the facts outlined in court Thursday morning, Dylan Paskemin entered the premises, but passed out once inside.
By the time he came to, the establishment was closed for the night and the accused found himself locked in the building. He was accused of having used a bottle to smash the windows of the front door to get out.
Paskemin was out on conditions, but was arrested May 20 following an alleged breach of undertaking and was in remand for 10 days.
In court Thursday, he entered guilty pleas to mischief as well as to the breach of an undertaking charge.
The Crown and defence both cited alcohol as a major factor in this case, and the Crown had called for a three- to six-month sentence with probation to follow. When asked to speak in court, Paskemin accepted responsibility for his problems with alcohol and pledged to deal with it.
"I do realize I have a problem with alcohol," he said.
That swayed the judge, who sentenced Paskemin to 60 days on the mischief count and to time served on the breach charge, with victim surcharges imposed. No probation was imposed.
