Court heard he admitted punching his mother's new boyfriend with a knife in his hand and that 'It felt good to get it out.'
Accepting a joint submission from the Crown and defence, Judge Marilyn Penner sentenced him to nearly a year of time served on remand on every charge except for aggravated assault, for which Jokino-John received a jail sentence of two years less a day going forward.
Three months later, while on release conditions, he was arrested for causing a disturbance at a downtown apartment building, where he did not live. Court heard he was intoxicated and was charged with breaching his release order for consuming alcohol.Article content Defence lawyer Celia Harradence said her client is a permanent resident who came to Canada from South Sudan as a child in 2011. She said he wants to take treatment programs for his alcohol and marijuana use — contributing factors in almost every offence — which he turned to when his parents’ relationship started to break down.Article content
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