P.E.I. man facing charges for threatening, provoking fear in judges

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man who had prices of intimidation to impress concern in two provincial court docket judges transferred to Alberta is again earlier than the court docket on this province. 

Jeff William Clory’s issues have been initially on the Charlottetown provincial court docket docket on July 25 for pleas or an replace on how they have been continuing in Alberta. As an alternative, it was revealed in court docket that Clory, 47, was again in P.E.I. and the costs had additionally been transferred again to this province. 

Clory is going through two prices of publishing private data of Chief Decide Jeff Lantz and Decide Nancy Orr with out lawful authority with the intent to impress a state of concern in each judges. Clory can be charged with uttering a menace involving Lantz. The offences allegedly occurred whereas Clory was an inmate on the Provincial Correctional Centre between Feb. 25 and March 10. 

Clory was arrested on March 16 and charged for these offences. At a present trigger listening to on March 21, Clory was launched from custody. He indicated on the listening to that he was transferring to Alberta and having the costs transferred there as nicely.  

Lantz was the trial choose when Clory was discovered responsible for property harm for slashing Orr’s car tires in entrance of the Georgetown provincial courthouse on Feb. 18, 2021. Lantz sentenced Clory on Feb. 25 to twenty days in jail, probation and restitution to Orr to exchange the broken tires. At sentencing, Lantz warned Clory that he may very well be going through prices in relation to communications with courthouse workers and different folks.  

On July 25, Orr informed the court docket that one other choose is out there to take over Clory’s issues relying on how they unfold. The intimidation and frightening concern prices are indictable, so Clory may additionally elect to have these issues heard by a unique choose in P.E.I. Supreme Courtroom. 

Orr adjourned the issues to Aug. 22 to present Clory’s P.E.I. lawyer Joel Wonnacott time to evaluate disclosure from the Crown legal professional’s workplace. 

Clory can be going through prices in Georgetown provincial court docket for allegedly assaulting a girl on Aug. 28, 2021, and uttering a dying menace to the identical lady on March 21, 2022. These issues are scheduled to be again in court docket on Aug. 25.

Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He could be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and could be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.