Nine days jail time for knock-knock assault
PENTICTON – A Penticton man who knocked on a stranger's door then beat the man who answered was sentenced this week to nine days in jail.
Michael Cravens was sentenced Jan. 5. He was also given 15 months probation, with conditions. He got a further 21 days for breaching release conditions just two days after the assault.
Westminister Avenue resident Ken Paton answered his door in the early morning hours of Dec. 1, 2014, to find Cravens standing in the doorway, demanding rolling papers. When Paton said he didn’t have any, Cravens began beating him.
The incident put Paton in the hospital for several hours with multiple bruises and a possible concussion. He said it also left him wary of answering the door to unexpected callers.
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4 responses
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Although I agree with your comment. Your profile picture makes you look like pussy yourself.
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Way too short. Should have given 6 months to a year Mininum . Gave guy PTSD,probably need counselling for. Took his feeling of safety away. What a creeeeepy a$$whole!
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9 days? That’s it? Our justice system sucks! He should have gotten at least 6 months in jail!Most likely , he will do something violent again, cause he knows he can get away with it!
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I think it should have been longer than 9 days but at least he has 15 months probation.Sick jerk!
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