More a grab than a choke, lawyer says

A 21-year-old man with an “astoundingly” long criminal record for his age was sentenced to nine months in jail after pleading guilty to three counts of assault.

Jimmy Evic of Pangnirtung assaulted the same woman three times between April 12 and May 1. Each time, he punched, slapped or kicked the woman. In one attack, the woman woke up to find Evic’s hands around her neck, Crown lawyer Ken Kehler said.

“It was more of a grab than a choke,” defence lawyer Andy Mahar countered.

Evic’s record includes six prior assault charges, six threatening charges and 11 breeches of probation and undertakings.

Kehler called the record “astounding.”