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A man who was recently wanted on a B.C.-wide warrant has pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, but he won’t be behind bars for long.
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On Aug. 30, 44-year-old Mohammed Adada threatened to stab a security guard in South Vancouver, according to police.
He was arrested, charged, and released on bail.
However, he then didn’t show up to his court appearance and was promptly re-arrested.
Now, Adada has been sentenced to 12 months probation and one day in jail with time served.
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The man has a history of run-ins with the law — he’s been previously convicted of five separate assaults since May of last year.
“We are going to see a lot more cases like this, where you’ve got repeat violent offenders that are being released right back into society to continue to commit crimes against the community, and I think that’s very unfortunate,” said BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon.
“We’ve said before and we’ll say it again — they need to give clear direction to Crown counsel to put the interests of public safety before the interest of the right of a criminal to be released back into the public.”
The BC Prosecution Service recently revised its bail policy following a directive from the attorney general’s office.
The directive asks the Crown to hold repeat violent offenders in custody before trial if bail conditions can’t reduce risk to public safety.
