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Jailed for spousal assault

Tara Kearsey
Northern News Services

Yellowknife (Mar 09/01) - A 32-year-old Yellowknife resident will spend 30 days in prison for assaulting his commonlaw wife.

Larry Angoo, originally from the Kivalliq region, will serve an intermittent sentence on weekends after pleading guilty to one charge of common assault.

The altercation occurred at Angoo's home on Feb. 18. The court heard that Angoo and his spouse were arguing when he knocked her down to the floor. She received a cut on her head as a result of the fall.

Angoo was convicted of spousal assault against the same complainant in 1998. Angoo has been ordered to issue a DNA sample.

Fined for possession

A 35-year-old man has been fined $200 for possession of marijuana.

Barry Davenport entered a plea of guilty on one charge of possession in territorial court Tuesday.

RCMP were issued a search warrant for Davenport's room at the Gold Range Hotel on Jan. 15. Police found 5.6 grams of marijuana in the room.

Defence lawyer Bob Gorin said Davenport is not a drug trafficker but a "heavy pot smoker" and has been for a number of years.

Davenport has a criminal record listing several convictions for the possession of narcotics. Judge Brian Bruser warned Davenport that he will receive a jail sentence if he is caught again.

Sticky fingers

An 18-year-old Yellowknife man will serve 15 months in prison for stealing large sums of money from the Academy of Learning and Raven Tours.

Thomas Avery broke into the Raven Tours office in the basement of the Yellowknife Inn on Jan. 1 and stole more than $800 from a cash box.

Then on Jan. 5 he took $2,275 in cash and two cheques totalling $6,935 from a cash drawer at the Academy of Learning. He also stole carvings from the Nunasi Corporation.

The court heard that Avery admitted to stealing the money which he intended to spend on drugs, alcohol and partying with his friends. It was indicated that Avery did not cash the cheques but destroyed them soon after he took them.

Judge Brian Bruser was told that Avery had a hard time growing up with drug and alcohol abuse in his home.

Bruser said he realized that Avery was stealing to support his addictions to drugs and alcohol.

"These addictions probably stem from other issues in his life that he has to deal with," said the judge.

However, Bruser told the accused that he is a "menace to society. You cannot be trusted to be free."

Bruser advised Avery to seek counselling, go back to school, get a job and make a better life for himself once he is released from prison.

"The task is yours; grab it," said Bruser.