Plea delayed in forcible confinement case
An Innisfail man facing charges of break and enter with intent, forcible confinement, choking to overcome resistance, assault, assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest and other offences put over his election and plea when he appeared in court in Airdrie on Nov. 8.
The man, who isn't being named due to a publication ban protecting the identity of the victim, was charged after his alleged victim passed a note to a Good Samaritan at CrossIron Mills on March 28. Mall security was contacted. The security guard called the police and located the victim and suspect, taking them to the security office.
An RCMP press release said the accused allegedly assaulted the woman in front of the police and fought the officers during arrest.
The man is due back in court on Nov. 9 for election and plea. Election is when an accused individual chooses whether he wants to be tried in provincial court by a judge, or in the Court of Queen's Bench with a judge and jury or with a judge alone.
Sentenced to 60 days
A man charged after a drug bust at an Innisfail pet store in Aug. 2011 was sentenced to serve 60 days jail for possession of drugs or a controlled substance and possession of a prohibited weapon in Red Deer provincial court Nov. 16.
Wessam Ziab Haimour had pleaded guilty Sept. 24 but sentencing was put over. Judge William Andreassen said the Crown and defence counsels had jointly suggested 60 days in jail, which he found to be a fit sentence.
Haimour was given 15 days credit for time already served, leaving him a total of 45 days left to go. He was ordered to pay $200 in victim surcharge fees.
Co-accused Kenneth Dustin Powell, William Francis Cunningham and Nancy Ann Gosney had pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the same bust on Sept. 24. Gosney was already sentenced to pay a $1,000 fine and go on probation and Powell to serve 90 days jail.
Cunningham is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 19.
