“might be a danger to his wife if released” —DUUUUUHHH, ya think?!?!?!?
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Wife-threatener remains in custody
Date: Dec 23, 2006 9:01 AM
PUBLICATION: The Daily News (Halifax)
DATE: 2006.12.23
SECTION: Local News
PAGE: 8
BYLINE: Boomer, Rachel
ILLUSTRATION: PETER SWEET
WORD COUNT: 274

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Wife-threatener remains in custody

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A man who threatened to kill his wife, then locked himself in the garage
with a high-powered rifle and shot it into the ceiling, must stay in
jail until his appeal is heard.

In a decision yesterday, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that
Peter Allen Sweet, 32, of South Alton, Kings Co., might be a danger to
his wife if released until his appeal is heard Feb. 9, 2007.

“In this situation of family violence, I am worried about the physical
safety of Peter Allen Sweet’s wife,” wrote Justice Elizabeth Roscoe.”

She noted Sweet was drinking during the Oct. 19, 2005 incident, and has
reported an addiction to cocaine. A psychiatrist’s report says he’s
threatened his wife before.

“The evidence does not satisfy me that public safety concerns would be
adequately addressed if he were released … His release would tend to
undermine public confidence in the administration of justice.”

Sweet pleaded guilty to assault, uttering a death threat and careless
use of a firearm Oct. 31, 2006.

Sentencing Judge Claudine MacDonald said on the day of the attack,
Sweet, who was “significantly intoxicated,” put his arms around his
wife’s throat and threatened to kill her and her family if she left him.
He waved around some bannister railings, then grabbed a high- powered
rifle, locked himself into the garage, and shot the rifle into the
ceiling.

On Nov. 15, MacDonald sentenced Sweet to 10 months in jail, on top of
one month he’d already spent in jail waiting for trial. The sentence
also calls for two years’ probation and a nearly 11-year ban on
firearms.

Sweet had argued he could get Narcotics Anonymous support and addiction
treatment programs if he wasn’t sent to jail pending appeal.

The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !