A serial dine-and-dasher, whose courtroom antics have kept him behind bars longer than his sentence, has been released after he apologized to the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vernon resident Travis Delain Kroeker told BC Provincial Court Judge Jeremy Guild he\u2019d like to do something to make up for his poor behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour apologies are accepted,\u201d Judge Guild said. \u201cYou\u2019re obviously in a better state of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kroeker\u2019s behaviour is a far cry from weeks earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr. Kroeker has now pulled down his pants and showing his naked bottom to the court on video<\/a>,\u201d the judge had said during the Feb. 25 sentence hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kroeker\u2019s mooning came after a rant in which he\u2019d said the judge was corrupt and evil, and called him a \u201cpiece of shit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019d already insulted Crown prosecutor Corinna Merry, calling her a \u201cdumb bitch\u201d and saying that she should be in jail for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Appearing from custody on camera, Kroeker had been muted for much of the earlier proceedings, but got his message across by giving the judge the middle finger with both hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ordinarily, even the most hardened of criminals know to be polite in front of the judge, but Kroeker appeared to want to make life harder for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After being denied bail, he\u2019d threatened the life of a different judge, referencing a movie where a judge had been assassinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019d made other more bizarre comments, calling Canada a \u201ccult\u201d and asking a witness if he believed in magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kroeker found himself in custody after he embarked on a spree of dine-and-dash incidents in Vernon <\/a>last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His behaviour had been belligerent, as he\u2019d ordered food and drink and in some cases simply refused to pay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n