Stolen bike lands Barrhead man with two 30-day sentences

BARREAD – A Barrhead man received two 30-day sentences for a bicycle theft in early September.

Rodney Wendell Prince received two 30-day sentences to be served concurrently after pleading guilty to possession of stolen property and failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking at Barrhead Justice Court on November 15.

Because of the time Prince served in custody, he was given credit for time served.

Judge Jeffery B. Champion handed down the sentence, accepting a joint submission from the federal Crown and defense attorney Gordon Collins.

The facts

On Sept. 7, an individual reported his mountain bike was stolen from outside a 49th Street business, providing police with a photo of the bike and its serial number.

About two weeks later, on September 22, the Crown noted that the victim’s husband saw the bike in a storage unit on 61A Avenue. He then took a photo of the bike and showed it to the RCMP.

Prince and another individual listed in the docket as a co-accused can be clearly seen in the photo.

The Crown also claimed that a witness said they saw Prince and the other individual put the bike in the storage closet and then lock it.

“At the time of the offence, Mr Prince was bound by an engagement, had no contact with [the other person in the photograph]”, he said.

Prince, who watched the proceedings via CCTV from the Edmonton Remand Centre, agrees with these facts.

Then the Crown entered Prince’s criminal record.

The prosecutor did not indicate the nature of the offences, but Justice Champion told defense lawyer Collins that “there was some consistency to the record”.

Collins agreed, saying that Mr. Prince and the other individual in the photo, the co-defendants, suffer from drug addiction problems, which they are both trying to overcome.

Champion accepted the joint submission, saying he was “satisfied that it was an appropriate and correct sentence”.

Barry Kerton, TownandCountryToday.com

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