CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man who was living in a vehicle where the police found a .22-calibre handgun and bullets was recently given time served for a string of offences.
William Mills-MacKay, 25, appeared before Chief Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown for sentencing after previously pleading guilty to three weapons offences including possessing a restricted firearm with readily accessible ammunition.
Mills-MacKay also pleaded guilty to failing to attend court and breaching a no-contact order.
Crown attorney Jeff MacDonald told the court that on Aug. 13 the police were dispatched to a parking lot where they saw Mills-MacKay put something in a vehicle’s trunk.
MacDonald said there were three people living in the vehicle.
The court heard the police saw brass knuckles in the vehicle and a search turned up a box that held a .22-calibre handgun with bullets.
MacDonald said the box and the gun didn’t have locks on them and Mills-MacKay wasn’t licensed to have the weapon.
Suspicious vehicle
In a later incident on Oct. 8, the police responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle at a motel in Oyster Bed Bridge where they found Mills-MacKay with a woman he was not supposed to have contact with.
Mills-MacKay also missed a court appearance.
A pre-sentence report was prepared for the case and MacDonald said everyone contacted for it spoke highly of Mills-MacKay.
Orr said it was to Mills-MacKay’s credit that despite an unfortunate childhood he had no criminal record prior to the recent offences.
In total, Orr sentenced Mills-MacKay to 87 days in jail and gave him credit for time spent in custody after his arrest leaving him nothing left to serve.
Mills-MacKay will also be on probation for two years and he will be subject to a weapons prohibition.
