A man pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 19 in Prince George provincial court to possessing a Taser while on a lifetime firearms prohibition.
Judge Martin Nadon sentenced Edward Thomas Harris, 41, to time served and a year on probation.
Harris, who was charged with the Sept. 25, 2023 offences in Prince George, received 80 days for possessing the stun gun and 21 days for breaching the firearms ban, for a total 101 days.
Harris will not spend additional time in jail, because the 67 days he spent in custody counted as 101 days under the court’s enhanced credit formula.
“Interestingly that’s as a result of a conviction back in December 2011,” Nadon said. “Again, he was in possession of a Taser, he received some time in custody, 18 month probation and a [firearms ban] for life, which is an order that he breached here.”
In 2011, Harris was arrested after the RCMP’s explosive disposal unit was called to destroy a bomb on a rural property outside Prince George.
Nadon said Harris has two young daughters that he visits and for which he pays child support.
“He’s had a chance to sober up and says he wants to go on probation and said he would agree to a counselling term so he can deal with this issue,” Nadon said. “He wants to get back to work, he wants to be a productive member of society again.”
