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Jailed for gruesome threat

An Oliver man was released from jail Friday after spending 33 days behind bars for threatening to cut out a pregnant woman’s child.

Martin Beaudry, 25, was hanging around outside the Tim Hortons on Harvey Avenue and Cooper Road on the morning of Oct. 15, 2015.

The manager, who was pregnant at the time, came outside and asked Beaudry and his friends to leave the area.

The group, which she described as “panhandlers,” moved from the front of the establishment to the rear, but the manager came back and told them again to leave the area.

As a result of her persistence, Beaudry lifted his shirt, exposing what the manager described as a knife in a satchel.

“He basically said to (the manager) he would cut the baby right out of her,” Crown counsel said.

Police arrived and quickly arrested Beaudry.

Beaudry, who is originally from Quebec and now does seasonal agricultural work in Oliver, missed a court date on April 26 and has been in custody ever since.

Beaudry pleaded guilty to uttering threats Friday and Justice Jane Cartwright sentenced him to 21 days imprisonment, which amounts to time already served.

He was also given a year of probation.



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