Time served goes toward shortening sentence

Attachie Ashoona, 21, of Cape Dorset was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty to break and enter.

Ashoona admitted to being one of five people who illegally entered a teacher’s home once between June 21 and Aug. 18. The teacher was away on summer holidays.

Stolen were a VCR, portable stereo, acoustic guitar and 70 CDs.

Crown lawyer Michael Jones requested a four to six month sentence “to show citizens that the court denounces” such behavior.

In handing down her sentence, Justice Beverley Browne noted the one-month Ashoona had already spent in custody.

“Jail should only be used as a last resort, especially under the circumstances at the jail. I hear it’s a horrible place these days,” Browne said.