A man who repeatedly stabbed the resident of a home after asking to use the phone has been handed a four-year prison sentence.
Evan Elliot Deschamps, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, uttering death threats and failing to comply following the incident in central Alberta last October.
The victim was watching TV with his girlfriend when there was a knock at their door.
The man answered and found a heavily intoxicated man who asked to use the phone.
The victim refused and tried to close the door, but the suspect forced his way in and started stabbing the victim in the stomach, arm and neck.
Court heard the victim suffered serious, life-long injuries and was in a coma for three days after the attack.
The judge settled on the four-year term after taking into consideration Deschamps' Gladue report, which considers the aboriginal background of an offender.
The Crown was seeking a six-year prison sentence while the defence asked for four years.
With credit for time already spent in custody, Deschamps has a little less than three years left to serve.
(CHUB)
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