A 23-year-old Charlottetown man will spend 12 months in jail following a violent home invasion where two people were cut with a knife.
Jarred Scott Dingwell appeared before Judge John Douglas in provincial court for sentencing this week.
Another man is facing charges in relation to the offence.
The court heard that on April 9 at 3:30 a.m. Dingwell went to a residence in Charlottetown where a party was taking place for bands that had been performing at a local bar earlier that night.
Neither Dingwell nor his co-accused had been invited to the party and were asked to leave.
The door was locked behind them, at which point Dingwell kicked the door open and threw a beer in a person’s face.
Dingwell was confronted by a number of people who tried to push him out when he produced a knife and inflicted minor knife wounds on two people. He then fled the residence but 911 had already been called and police located him nearby. They also found him in possession of three grams of cocaine.
Dingwell told police in a subsequent statement that he had a previous night of drinking, consumed 40-50 tranquilizers and five grams of cocaine.
He told police he had no memory of the night.
Dingwell has a criminal record mostly relating to theft and drug offences. He had no prior violent offences on his record.
Defence attorney Brendan Hubley said the presentence report indicates that Dingwell has significant addiction issues and a fair amount of baggage he has to deal with.
Hubley said Dingwell had been making efforts to move in the right direction before this incident.
“This was falling off the horse,” said Hubley. “Dingwell was kicked out of a party, his pride was hurt and he made the wrong decision kicking down the door.”
Dingwell told the court there is no excuse for what happened that night and he takes full responsibility for what happened.
“None of this is a reflection of the person who stands before you today,” said Dingwell, who added he has sought counselling to help with underlying issues since being incarcerated and is looking at his options to attend a post-secondary school as well as treatment off-Island so he can move on with his life.
Douglas told Dingwell he has allowed drugs once again to get in the way of having a decent and proper life.
“If you can put the drugs behind you there is no reason why you can’t be successful,” said Douglas.
Dingwell is also on probation for 18 months, was ordered to pay $600 in victim surcharges and has a 10-year weapon prohibition.
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A 23-year-old Charlottetown man will spend 12 months in jail following a violent home invasion where two people were cut with a knife.
Jarred Scott Dingwell appeared before Judge John Douglas in provincial court for sentencing this week.
Another man is facing charges in relation to the offence.
The court heard that on April 9 at 3:30 a.m. Dingwell went to a residence in Charlottetown where a party was taking place for bands that had been performing at a local bar earlier that night.
Neither Dingwell nor his co-accused had been invited to the party and were asked to leave.
The door was locked behind them, at which point Dingwell kicked the door open and threw a beer in a person’s face.
Dingwell was confronted by a number of people who tried to push him out when he produced a knife and inflicted minor knife wounds on two people. He then fled the residence but 911 had already been called and police located him nearby. They also found him in possession of three grams of cocaine.
Dingwell told police in a subsequent statement that he had a previous night of drinking, consumed 40-50 tranquilizers and five grams of cocaine.
He told police he had no memory of the night.
Dingwell has a criminal record mostly relating to theft and drug offences. He had no prior violent offences on his record.
Defence attorney Brendan Hubley said the presentence report indicates that Dingwell has significant addiction issues and a fair amount of baggage he has to deal with.
Hubley said Dingwell had been making efforts to move in the right direction before this incident.
“This was falling off the horse,” said Hubley. “Dingwell was kicked out of a party, his pride was hurt and he made the wrong decision kicking down the door.”
Dingwell told the court there is no excuse for what happened that night and he takes full responsibility for what happened.
“None of this is a reflection of the person who stands before you today,” said Dingwell, who added he has sought counselling to help with underlying issues since being incarcerated and is looking at his options to attend a post-secondary school as well as treatment off-Island so he can move on with his life.
Douglas told Dingwell he has allowed drugs once again to get in the way of having a decent and proper life.
“If you can put the drugs behind you there is no reason why you can’t be successful,” said Douglas.
Dingwell is also on probation for 18 months, was ordered to pay $600 in victim surcharges and has a 10-year weapon prohibition.
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