Plea deal reached in K'atl'odeeche reserve assault and kidnapping case
Jerome Bruha was originally facing seven charges but pleaded guilty to two in a plea deal
A plea deal has been in reached in a kidnapping and assault case involving a 20-year-old Hay River man.
Jerome Bruha was sentenced to six months in custody after he pleaded guilty to two charges: assault and breach of his probation conditions.
The charges stem from a July 2018 incident involving Bruha and his then-girlfriend on the K'atl'odeeche First Nation.
Bruha originally pleaded not guilty to seven charges including kidnapping, breaking and entering, assault and carrying a weapon for the purpose of endangering the peace.
He was scheduled for a trial by judge alone in Hay River last week, but after the complainant testified in court, the defence and Crown reached a plea deal to withdraw five of the charges.
Bruha has several previous convictions for violent offences, five of them involve minors.
He is currently serving a two-year sentence for sexually assaulting a minor in an unrelated incident.
Bruha will be listed on a sex offender registry for 20 years.
With files from Kirsten Murphy