Jail term for attacking ex and new boyfriend

Attacking his ex and her new boyfriend with a baseball bat will mean a 16-month jail sentence for a city man.

Provincial court Judge Mark Tyndale also placed Brandon Isernia on two years probation Tuesday, calling his assaults on his victims “callous and vicious.”

Tyndale convicted Isernia last Oct. 29 of assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon and disobeying a court order for his Nov. 27, 2014, attack on Katherine McAdam and her new boyfriend, Kyle Bratz.

Isernia, 28, tracked McAdam and Bratz as they drove away from work. When McAdam saw she was being followed by a truck that appeared to be Isernia’s, she pulled into a parking lot.

When McAdam got out to talk to Isernia in hopes of ending their ongoing dispute, Bratz grabbed a child’s baseball bat from the back seat for protection, Tyndale said.

When McAdam threatened to call police, Isernia punched her in the head and then wrestled the bat from Bratz.

“Mr. Isernia took the bat from Mr. Bratz and swung it at his head,” Tyndale noted.

Bratz blocked the weapon with his left arm, breaking his limb in the process.

As Isernia continued to be aggressive towards the injured man, McAdam intervened again and was speared in the stomach.

The entire incident occurred while Isernia was under a restraining order to have no contact with McAdam.

“The severity of the injuries to Mr. Bratz is an aggravating factor,” Tyndale said, noting bones were protruding from Bratz’s forearm after the assault.

He said while McAdam did not suffer significant physical injuries, she was emotionally traumatized and “continues to fear that Mr. Isernia will attack her again.

“The utter lack of remorse demonstrated by Mr. Isernia is an aggravating factor because it increases his moral culpability,” Tyndale said. “Remorselessness … will undoubtedly hinder his rehabilitation.”