Winnipeg man who attacked Crown prosecutor ordered to leave B.C. after jail sentence

A Winnipeg man who assaulted a Vancouver Crown charismatic while she was stepping to activity earlier this twelvemonth was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth successful jailhouse for nan onslaught and 2 others nan aforesaid time – and thereafter will beryllium forced to time off nan province.

Court heard Kenyon Thomas Lavallee, 27,  had only been successful Vancouver for a fewer weeks anterior to nan assaults. He has been ordered, aft his jailhouse condemnation is finished, to return to his location state of Manitoba.

Lavallee, who was convicted connected July 22 of battle causing bodily harm against nan charismatic and nan battle of different woman, was handed 305 days successful jailhouse for what B.C. Provincial Court Judge Daniel Loucks said appeared to beryllium a “random enactment of violence.”

Lavallee received different 60 days successful jailhouse aft he pleaded blameworthy to assaulting a bid officer.

Loucks elaborate really Lavallee was moving down East Cordova Street adjacent nan Vancouver provincial courthouse connected Feb. 2, erstwhile he punched nan charismatic successful nan look and past struck different female nearby.

After he was arrested, Lavallee punched a jailhouse defender erstwhile he was denied a blanket.

Defence counsel Troy Anderson told nan tribunal that astatine nan clip of nan offences, his customer was experiencing untreated intelligence unwellness and was self-medicating done constituent use, which often leads to thoroughfare disorder.

Loucks noted nan Downtown Eastside, wherever Lavallee was staying, was “perhaps nan worst spot for personification suffering from intelligence unwellness to find themselves untreated.”

Lavallee has been receiving medicine to dainty his schizophrenia since he’s been successful custody, and according to his lawyer, he has nary recollection of Feb. 2.

“Mr. Lavallee, having seen what he has done, feels terrible,” Anderson told nan court. “He tin connection nary explanation.”

While connected medication, Lavallee has go a wholly different personification and wants to get retired of nan Downtown Eastside, Anderson said.

“He’s highly remorseful for what he did,” Anderson told Global News extracurricular nan courthouse. “It’s difficult to really definitive remorse for thing you don’t really retrieve but he heard very compelling grounds astir his actions and nan effect that they had.”

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In unfortunate effect statements, typical charismatic Chris Johnson, K.C., told nan tribunal nan prosecutor, who cannot beryllium identified owed to a publication ban, suffered aggregate facial fractures including a fractured orbital bone, and facial nervus damage. She requires ongoing aesculapian attraction and whitethorn require surgery.

Johnson said nan injured charismatic has important concerns and fears for her information arsenic a consequence of nan incident – while besides dealing pinch halted profession ambitions and aspirations.

She is presently disconnected activity said nan judge, pinch her early unclear.

The 2nd victim’s effect connection noted she was distant from her occupation for 2 months aft a “painful deed successful nan face.”

The Crown said nan female now lives pinch nan “constant fearfulness of this happening again”, and “walks pinch a companion and ne'er connected my own.”

Lavallee, who besides has battle and robbery convictions successful Winnipeg, pleaded blameworthy to mischief for discharging an airsoft weapon astatine Vancouver’s W.C. Shelly Park past December. A complaint of mounting disconnected a mendacious occurrence siren astatine nan Terminal Avenue Tim Hortons past October was stayed by nan Crown.

With in installments for pre-trial clip spent successful custody, Lavallee has 3 months near to service followed by 2 years of probation.

Under nan Crown and defence’s associated sentencing submission agreed to by nan judge, a cardinal probation information is for Lavallee to time off B.C. wrong 7 days of his merchandise from jail.

Anderson told nan tribunal nan municipality situation is not patient for Lavallee, and his begetter will supply a location for him northbound of Winnipeg, wherever he will prosecute successful commercialized fishing.

“Probation services is assisting him with, arsenic I understand it, getting his recognition and getting him connected a autobus truthful that he tin spell backmost to link pinch his family,” said Anderson.

Lavallee did not reside nan tribunal though his lawyer indicated really sorry his customer is to each those he has harmed.