P.E.I. man pleads guilty to unlawfully being inside woman’s apartment
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A Charlottetown condominium constructing upkeep employee who went inside a tenant’s unit with out permission and stole six cans of beer has pleaded responsible to an offence in provincial court docket.
Patrick Frederick McGee, 52, was initially charged with break and enter and committing an indictable offence. However on Nov. 17, he as an alternative pleaded responsible to a lesser offence of unlawfully being inside a dwelling.
Crown lawyer Jeff MacDonald informed the court docket that on Oct. 18, a tenant within the condominium constructing reported to police {that a} man – later recognized as McGee – was inside her unit twice that day at round 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Video footage from contained in the unit confirmed McGee muttering to himself and rummaging by way of the condominium, together with accessing the girl’s bedside desk, closet and storage room, in addition to taking six cans of beer from the fridge. McGee had a grasp key for the condominium constructing and would carry out repairs when the constructing supervisor wasn’t accessible. The constructing supervisor didn’t give McGee permission to be contained in the unit. McGee was additionally a tenant within the constructing for about three to 4 years, mentioned MacDonald. It wasn’t said in court docket whether or not McGee remains to be a tenant within the constructing.
McGee was arrested on Oct. 20.
The condominium constructing is situated at 27 Elana Courtroom. McGee is not working because the constructing’s upkeep employee, mentioned MacDonald.
MacDonald mentioned the Crown is looking for custody within the matter and requested {that a} pre-sentence report be ready since McGee didn’t have a previous felony file. Pre-sentence studies talk about an offender’s related background data and circumstances to help the court docket with sentencing.
McGee represented himself in court docket.
Chief Choose Jeff Lantz adjourned sentencing to Jan. 10 so the pre-sentence report may very well be ready.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He will be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and will be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
