A Lethbridge man who was given a three-year prison sentence for weapon and drug-related offences, is lucky he didn’t receive a longer sentence, a judge suggested during a hearing in Lethbridge provincial court. Judge Erin Olsen told Eldon Jon Myers he was fortunate to receive the sentence, given the serious nature of his offences and his criminal record, but she acceded to a joint recommendation by the Crown and defence for three years in a federal penitentiary. Myers, pleaded guilty last week in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of possession of a prohibited weapon and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking. And although the Crown suggested the offences could have attracted a sentence of four or four-and-a-half years, he gave Myers credit for his guilty plea and the difficulties the Crown would have faced had the charges gone to trial.
A Lethbridge man who was given a three-year prison sentence for weapon and drug-related offences, is lucky he didn’t receive a longer sentence, a judge suggested during a hearing in Lethbridge provincial court.
Judge Erin Olsen told Eldon Jon Myers he was fortunate to receive the sentence, given the serious nature of his offences and his criminal record, but she acceded to a joint recommendation by the Crown and defence for three years in a federal penitentiary.
Myers, pleaded guilty last week in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of possession of a prohibited weapon and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking. And although the Crown suggested the offences could have attracted a sentence of four or four-and-a-half years, he gave Myers credit for his guilty plea and the difficulties the Crown would have faced had the charges gone to trial.
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