A youth was ordered back into custody after pleading guilty to a breach of his conditions.
In Estevan provincial court on Oct. 4, a 16-year-old youth from Oxbow was sent back into secure custody. The male youth had been previously been sentenced to a term of incarceration followed by a conditional sentence order to be served the community.
As a result of his plea last week, presiding Judge Karl Bazin ordered him to complete his sentence in secure custody.
The federal Crown prosecutor cited a report by the community youth counsellor who had noted that she had concerns for the safety of the community. She recommended that his community sentence order revert back to a secure custody arrangement, which expires on Oct. 26.
It was noted that since the youth had been released from the custody portion of his previous sentence, he had received a 10-day school suspension for keeping a billy club in his locker. He was arrested for this breach and spent 14 days on remand before last week's sentencing.
His Legal Aid counsel noted that the breach was on the lower end of the scale and suggested time served on remand would be a more appropriate sentence.
The Crown called the youth "out of control."
The youth also pleaded not guilty to a charge of trafficking. A trial on that matter was scheduled for Dec. 13.
