A man charged with assault causing bodily harm in an altercation at Prince George Regional Correctional Centre will be sentenced Feb. 11 after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.
Michael Campbell-Alexander, 28, committed the offence while in custody on Dec. 14, 2023 on firearms possession and storage charges. In November, he admitted to possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
On Tuesday, Jan. 21 in Prince George provincial court, Crown prosecutor Angela Murray described it as a “sharp, penetrating object.” Murray told Judge Peter McDermick that the appropriate sentence would be 90 days.
Murray said Campbell-Alexander’s “serious record” shows 37 convictions dating back to 2012, including weapons possession, break and enter, robbery, aggravated assault and killing or injuring an animal.
“Numerous, lengthy convictions for violent offences and for weapons offences,” Murray told the court. “Crown would also submit that it's aggravating in this case, as it was a custodial sentence, the custodial setting where this type of behaviour cannot be condoned. It only leads to further violence.”
Murray said mitigating factors include Campbell-Alexander’s guilty plea and Indigenous heritage that must be considered by the judge.
“Mr. Campbell-Alexander simply would indicate that he regrets that he had misbehaved by possessing this contraband in a situation that was, of course, dangerous to other inmates,” his lawyer, Jason LeBlond, told McDermick.
LeBlond proposed a 30-day sentence for his client.
Campbell-Alexander also awaits sentencing after being found guilty last June of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a firearm contrary to an order and possession of a firearm with an altered serial number. Those offences stem from a July 9, 2022 incident in Prince George.
The date for McDermick’s one-hour sentencing decision will be determined Feb. 11.
