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McKay gets 5 years in Krestova gun incident

A man convicted of several offences in an incident in Krestova in August 2016 has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Laurence Darren McKay, 37, will get credit for two years’ time served in pre-trial custody.

He was convicted of half a dozen offences including assault with a weapon and possession of a loaded prohibited gun.

It followed an argument with his brother in which a shot was fired from a sawed-off shotgun.

Court heard that McKay was on drugs at the time.

The Crown wanted 5½ to seven years and the defence asked for 4½ to five.

McKay also received a firearms ban and was ordered to provide a DNA sample.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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