Another suspect has been sentenced in connection to the 98th Street home invasion that took place in January of this year.
Charles Applegarth received two years less a day for his role. He appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court last week before Judge Lloyd Deshaye.
Applegarth, who has been in custody since Jan. 27, had been preparing to go to a preliminary hearing this month in connection to several charges he was facing in the case. Instead, he has entered a guilty plea to one charge of break and enter with intent to commit assault. All other charges against him in the case were withdrawn.
Applegarth was one of eight people charged in connection to the incident, in which the occupant of the home on 98th Street was beaten with a metal pipe. The invasion was gang-related as members of the Native Syndicate had entered the house in retaliation to previous skirmishes with rival street gang the Terror Squad. According to the facts laid out in court over the past months, they soon realized they had both the wrong house and the wrong man.
According to facts revealed in court, Applegarth was one of the individuals who entered the home, but was not alleged to have actually carried out the beatings.
Six of the eight individuals charged in the case have been sentenced to this point. One of the alleged ringleaders, Ryan Osecap, was sentenced to six years while three other adults involved received sentences ranging from two years less a day to four years. A youth received a 30-month conditional sentence. Two others still await trial.
