A late night party that got way out of control has landed a Sudbury man in jail for 45 more days, on top of three months he?s already served.
Gerald Gladu, 27, pleaded guilty to kicking a man in the head who had passed out following a late night party and stealing his running shoes. Gladu was also found guilty of breaching a court order not to consume alcohol when he got involved in a night of drunken stupidity April 10.
Assistant Crown attorney Andrew Slater told the court how several people were drinking at a downtown hotel when they agreed to attend a party at an apartment complex. The victim was extremely intoxicated when he left the hotel and continued to drink heavily at the party, said Slater.
The apartment complex has video cameras inside the hallways. A tape shows the victim and two other persons near the entrance around 3 am.
There are allegations the severely intoxicated man made a pass at a woman at the party, which caused some trouble.
The video shows there was some sort of altercation. The video also shows the drunk man is so intoxicated he falls down and passes out in the hallway. It?s at this point, Gladu enters with another man. Gladu proceeds to kick the unconscious man in the head a couple of times, said Slater. Gladu and the other man proceed to roll the man over and go through his pockets.
The video then shows Gladu leaving the building carrying the victim?s running shoes. Gladu eventually returns to the building with another woman and he?s arrested by police a couple of hours later. The victim suffered some cuts and bruises to his forehead, but was not seriously injured.
Defence counsel Andrew Buttazzoni told the court Gladu had only a vague recollection of what happened as he was also drinking heavily.
However, he does remember kicking at the man and accepts responsibility for his actions, he said.
His client is taking substance abuse counselling and wants to turn his life around, he said.
?Keith Lacey
