A former Prince George man has been sentenced to three years probation with a suspended sentence for his role in a home invasion and assault that left one victim with extensive injuries.
John Geofferey Last, 29, was issued the term Wednesday in Prince George provincial court for an Oct. 10, 2011 incident in which, according to evidence, he and co-accused Chris Andrew Hornby, 23, burst into a 2000 block Central Street home and used a baseball bat and either a cattle prod or a Taser to attack two men.
One of the victims suffered serious injuries as a result of being hit on the head and arms about five times with the bat. The other was punched, shocked with an electrical device and knocked unconscious, the court was told.
The two had been acting in the name of another man, who had gotten into a shoving match with one of the victims earlier in the evening over a dispute involving a girlfriend. After the victim had left the scene, the man called in Last and Hornby and, claiming he had been beaten with a hammer, urged them to go after his foe.
The precise relationship between the man and Last and Hornby was not made clear in court. The man has never been charged in relation to the incident.
During a sentencing hearing in December, the court heard Last turned himself into police and, after moving back to Kelowna, where he grew up, has turned his life around.
Hornby's case is slated to go to trial later this year.
