A 20-year-old man will have to complete another month of probation and perform 20 hours of community service after he failed to report to his court worker during a previous probation term.
The man — who cannot be named because he was underage when he received his initial probationary order — appeared in Moose Jaw provincial court recently. As part of a joint submission, he pleaded guilty to breaching his probation and was given a conditional discharge. He will have to finish his probation, undertake the community service by Oct. 31, report to a probation officer, and keep the peace and be of good behaviour.
He was give the year-long youth probation order on April 19, 2018 and was required to report in weekly to a court worker, explained Crown prosecutor Robbie Parker while reading the facts. However, the 20-year-old did not report in for a two-week period this past February.
At the time of this breach, the 20-year-old was homeless since his father had kicked him out of the home, explained legal aid lawyer Tyne Hagey. She acknowledged that the young man should have taken steps to inform his probation worker of this situation.
The man is still homeless but staying at a shelter, she added.
“We hope to give him the opportunity to ensure he does not have his youth record tag along with him into adulthood,” Hagey said about the sentencing recommendation.
Other than the two weeks in February and the fact the 20-year-old is homeless, he has actually been doing well, observed Judge Brian Hendrickson, who accepted the joint submission.
“The joint submission is there to help you,” the judge told the young man. “(It’s good that) you are prepared to comply with the order. A conditional discharge is appropriate.”
Moose Jaw provincial court next sits on June 10.
