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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2008-03-27, Page 17A Lucknow man, convicted lastmonth of assault with a weapon, wassentenced in Wingham’s provincialcourt March 20. Bruce McGrail also pled guilty Thursday to charges of assault and to careless use of a firearm. The latter charges resulted following a disagreement in Wingham Sept. 24. According to the attorney for the Crown, Clayton Conlan, McGrail pushed the victim, knocking him down. “He then grabbed a BB air pistol which he began waving around.” The weapon discharged, said Conlan, and the victim was hit in the arm. Defence counsel, Grant MacKinnon, noted that “between the push and the gun there was a prolonged battle in which my client was on the losing end.” McGrail apparently ended up with a dislocated shoulder and a black eye as a result. McGrail had already served 26 days before his most recent courtappearance, which MacKinnon feltwas punishment enough for hisclient. He told Judge R.G.E. Hunter,“They’ve been stacking them at the jail, sometimes three to a cell. My client is not the most forceful person and as a result ended up sleeping on the floor at times.” Conlan, however, felt a longer sentence was in order, highlighting portions of the pre-sentence report (PSR) in his argument. “To his credit there are no prior assaults. But he does seem to have a problem with weapons.” While the PSR is not the worst he’s ever seen, he said, McGrail was described as being unremorseful and having a poor attitude towards supervision. “Twenty-six days in custody is not enough in this case.” MacKinnon said that to McGrail’s credit he had been working to initiate changes in his life. He also said that his symptoms are not aggressive, but re-active. “This is anindividual who can be helped.”On the guilty plea charges Huntersentenced McGrail to time served.For the earlier assault conviction he received an additional 30 days to be followed by 18 months probation. McGrail is prohibted from owning firearms for five years and is to forfeit the air pistol. He was ordered to provide a sample of his DNA. POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Chauncey Bolander of Fordwich pled guilty to drug possession. Conlan said police stopped a vehicle in Fordwich on March 30. Bolander was in the car, and according to the Crown he reached into his pocket and took out some pills which he began to swallow. He took three or four before police were able to stop him. He had one remaining. The pills were prescription painkillers for which Bolander did not have a prescription. Conlan said the accused wasconvicted in 2006 of marijuanapossession. Defence attorney Tim Macdonald told Hunter there was a joint submission for a fine and probation. He requested a fine in the range of $250. Hunter thought $400 was more in order and gave the accused sixmonths to pay. Bolander is also onprobation for 12 months. FAIL TO APPEARPhilip Leger of Port Elgin pled guilty to failing to appear for a Nov. 22 court date. He has no similar record. Hunter fined him $250, which is to be paid in six months. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008. PAGE 17. On March 20 at approximately 9 a.m. Huron OPP officers were dispatched to a collision reported through OnStar. The collision occurred at the intersection of Harriston Road and Gorrie Line in Gorrie. Wingham firefighters and paramedics were also dispatched after calls were received reporting a fire as a result of the collision. The collision involved three vehicles and was intersection related. One driver suffered minimal injuries and was treated at the scene. A second driver sustained non-life- threatening injuries, was transported to Wingham Hospital and was later released. The third driver, Lisa Anderson, 32 of North Huron was pronounced deceased at the scene. 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