A man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and took her ex-spouse's car on a joy ride will serve an additional three months in jail.
Brandt Kenneth Miller, 22, was sentenced to eight months in jail less five months time served plus one year probation in B.C. Supreme Court Monday.
Miller had pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm, taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, mischief under $5,000 and breach of a recognizance.
The trouble began near the end of April 2013 when Miller got into an argument with the woman kicked out of her home, the court heard during a hearing at the Prince George courthouse.
Miller, in turn, kicked in the home's door to retrieve his belongings, then punched a hole in the wall. Miller had also pushed the woman to the ground before leaving the home.
About 10 days later, the woman had borrowed her ex-husband's car and it was parked outside her home. Miller took the car without consent from either of the two and drove it to the parking lot at the University of Northern British Columbia where it was found with nearly $4,500 damage and footprints on the body from where he had been kicking it.
After blowing out one of the tires by striking a curb, Miller called the woman and asked her to call him a cab. She did but also told him to not come back to her home.
But he showed up in a taxi shortly before 2 a.m. on May 9, telling the cabbie he would go inside and get money from his girlfriend. Miller pushed his way through the still-damaged front door overcoming some furniture that had been put in the way to prop the door closed.
The woman retreated to the bathroom and locked herself inside. Miller used a fork to pick the lock and once in the bathroom, pushed her down and struck her multiple times in her upper body and head. When the woman fell, she cut her elbow on a toilet roll holder.
When he heard the noise, the cab driver went to the door where he saw the two and the woman yelled at him to call police. By then a neighbour had called and just as he was on the phone, police showed up.
Miller had taken off by then but was apprehended on other matters about a month later at the hospital in Prince George where he went to deal with complications from his diabetes.
Miller was on a recognizance at the time of the offence but failed to notify his probation officer that he had moved in with the woman.
Conditions of Miller's probation include no contact with the two victims, no driving unless with the registered owner of the vehicle or while working, and then only with the written consent of his employer. He was also ordered to take counseling as directed by his probation officer and was issued a weapons prohibition.
