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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-09-06, Page 7LORICHARTER THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989. PAGE 7. Shoplifter gets 3 years probation term Lori Charter, daughter of Rob­ ert and Donelda Charter, grad­ uated from Guelph University on June 1, 1989. Lori received an Honors degree in biological science with a business minor. She is presently employed by Agrico Canada Limited in Toronto as an Inventory Acc­ ountant. Presentence report ordered after attack Judge R. G. E. Hunter ordered a pre-sentence report repaired after a Bluevale man pleaded guilty in provincial court in Wingham Aug. 30 to several acts of violence in connection with a domestic dis­ pute. Paul Gerald Martin of Bluevale pleaded guilty to one count of assault, one count of doing bodily harm, one count of mischief and one count of causing pain to a dog over an incident on August 17 at an East Wawanosh township home. The court was told that on August 17 police were called to the home of Wendy Adam in East Wawanosh. Mr. Martin had come to the home looking for his former common-law wife Kim Tout, police reported. He argued with Ms. Tout and hit her. He was on top of Ms. Tout, who was seven months pregnant at the time, and was hitting her when Wendy Adams intervened. Mr. Martin then struck Ms. Adams. Ms. Tout escaped from the house and when Mr. Martin followed and couldn’t find her, he became angry and rammed Ms. Tout’s car with his truck. He then took a shovel and beat a Doberman pinscher which was tied up nearby until the shovel broke. Mr. Martin has been in custody since the incident and will remain there pending the reading of the pre-sentence report and sentencing on September 27. A Goderich-area woman convict­ ed of four counts of shoplifting from Brussels stores, received a suspended sentence and three years of probation and was ordered to continue counselling to cure her of her problem, when she appeared in provincial court in Wingham, August 30. Sylvia Marlene Harmon of RR 6, Goderich had pleaded guilty at the court on June 21 to taking items from Brussels EMA, Oldfield Pro Hardware, Brussels Variety and Stewart’s Pharmacy on March 29. The grand total of the value of the items was only $64.06. Sentencing had been postponed to August 30 for preparation of a pre-sentence report. Huron County Crown Attorney Robert Morris told the court that Mrs. Harmon had had two previous convictions for shop-lifting. “It appears she has a problem with stealing,” he said. He said he had sympathy for her problem but Assault brings A Blyth man received a fine of $500 after pleading guilty in pro­ vincial court in Wingham Wednes­ day to assault. Dwain Knox of 490 Queen Street, Blyth pleaded guilty to assaulting Kim Pilgrim in an incident that took place July 29. The court was told police were called at 9:05 p.m. on that date by Ms. Pilgrim who wanted to retrieve her belongings from the apartment she and Mr. Knox had been sharing for eight months. She told police that she and Mr. Knox had had an argument over keys to the car that ended in Mr. Knox hitting “there’s got to be something done because she keeps coming back.” He said the case was right on the edge, that given the record it deserves a jail sentence. The defence pointed out that Mrs. Harmon is taking counselling from a doctor in London who feels her condition is amenable to psy­ chological counselling. She had told police, the defence said, that she was glad she had been caught. The treatment will take a long time, the defence said. She said Mrs. Harmon had felt the probation help she had had in the past had been helpful but had ended too soon. Judge R. G. E. Hunter told Mrs. Harmon that it was fast approach­ ing the point where the court couldn’t overlook her record and try to help her. “I appreciate you have a problem” he said, but that she would soon have to solve the problem or face serious consequen­ ces. He suspended sentence and placed her on three years probation man $500 fine her. Judge R. G. E. Hunter sentenced Mr. Knox to a $500 fine or 25 days in jail. Meanwhile another Blyth man who had earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife and a police officer in a dispute in January was fined $1,000 and put on 12 months probation. Judge Hunter told Car­ men MacDonald he had come “within a hair’s breadth of going to jail” and ordered that he abstain from the consumption or posses­ sion of alcohol and take counselling recommended by his probation officer for his temper and violence. and ordered her to continue coun­ selling for as long as it took her London doctor to cure the problem. “You come back in the next three years charged with the same sort of offence and there’s a distinct possibility you’re going to jail”, Judge Hunter warned. Phone John Nixon 887-9417 agent for WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL INS. CO. 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