Pizza parlour robbery charges stayed

There were two employees in the store and, in the process, one was punched in the face, leaving him dazed and with a cut over his eye – although he may also have been hit with a pistol – while the other was kicked in the head as he lay on the floor.

A Prince George man no longer stands accused of committing a violent armed robbery of a local pizza outlet.

Charges against Jesse Luke Juillette from the Jan. 23 incident were stayed on Friday in provincial court.

Stays of proceedings are issued whenever it’s determined there is not enough evidence to achieve a conviction.

Although most matters that have been stayed are not reopened, Crown counsel can, within certain limits, restart the proceedings.

The time limit is six months for summary matters and a year for indictable matters.

According to submissions to the court, on the night of Jan. 23, two masked men burst into the pizza outlet, both with what appeared to be handguns.

There were two employees in the store and, in the process, one was punched in the face, leaving him dazed and with a cut over his eye – although he may also have been hit with a pistol – while the other was kicked in the head as he lay on the floor.

Juillette was arrested a week later when he was found in a car with tire tracks that matched those found in the snow near the scene of the crime.

In March, Jake Travis Wilson was sentenced to a further 17 months in jail, followed by two years probation, after admitting to police he was one of the masked men in both the robbery of the pizza outlet and a gas station the week before.

Juillette continues to face charges from a September 2018 armed robbery and remains in custody pending a trial early in the new year. In May, co-accused Brian Bradley Owen Adams-Allen was sentenced to 315 days in jail and two years probation for his role in the crime.