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21-11-2008, 01:18 PM
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Fri Nov 21 2008
'Roid rage blamed for crime spree
By Mike McIntyre RYAD Insanali hoped to pump up his scrawny body. Instead, the young Winnipeg man beefed up his criminal record.
Insanali, 22, claims an addiction to steroids was the trigger behind a lengthy crime spree in which he robbed nine different businesses -- including one just hours before he walked into court to tell a judge how he'd turned his life around following an earlier stabbing incident.
The Crown is now seeking an eight-year prison sentence against Insanali, who has pleaded guilty to his many crimes. He is seeking a sentence of 28 months time served in custody. Provincial court Judge Susan Devine has reserved her decision until Dec. 10.
Insanali's lawyer told court Thursday how his client was repeatedly picked on and beaten up as a teen and turned to steroids as a form of self-defence.
"He believed he had to get stronger and more aggressive," said Len Taylor. However, Insanali also had an unrelenting thirst for alcohol which he began combining with steroids in what amounted to a toxic cocktailBetween June 16 and Aug. 9 2005, Insanali and several co-accused began targeting local convenience stores including 7-Eleven, Macs and Shell. They were armed with various weapons including knives and brass knuckles and physically intimidated and threatened the young clerks to hand over cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets. There were no serious physical injuries.
Police identified Insanali as a suspect and placed a tracking device on his vehicle, which later recorded him as being at the scene of one of the robberies.
It was later that same day that Insanali appeared in provincial court and was spared jail for an earlier alcohol-fueled stabbing in which the victim suffered permanent nerve damage in his arm. The judge -- unaware of the fact Insanali was still moonlighting as a criminal -- gave him a conditional sentence that allowed him to remain free in the community under a daily curfew.
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Fri Nov 21 2008
'Roid rage blamed for crime spree
By Mike McIntyre RYAD Insanali hoped to pump up his scrawny body. Instead, the young Winnipeg man beefed up his criminal record.
Insanali, 22, claims an addiction to steroids was the trigger behind a lengthy crime spree in which he robbed nine different businesses -- including one just hours before he walked into court to tell a judge how he'd turned his life around following an earlier stabbing incident.
The Crown is now seeking an eight-year prison sentence against Insanali, who has pleaded guilty to his many crimes. He is seeking a sentence of 28 months time served in custody. Provincial court Judge Susan Devine has reserved her decision until Dec. 10.
Insanali's lawyer told court Thursday how his client was repeatedly picked on and beaten up as a teen and turned to steroids as a form of self-defence.
"He believed he had to get stronger and more aggressive," said Len Taylor. However, Insanali also had an unrelenting thirst for alcohol which he began combining with steroids in what amounted to a toxic cocktailBetween June 16 and Aug. 9 2005, Insanali and several co-accused began targeting local convenience stores including 7-Eleven, Macs and Shell. They were armed with various weapons including knives and brass knuckles and physically intimidated and threatened the young clerks to hand over cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets. There were no serious physical injuries.
Police identified Insanali as a suspect and placed a tracking device on his vehicle, which later recorded him as being at the scene of one of the robberies.
It was later that same day that Insanali appeared in provincial court and was spared jail for an earlier alcohol-fueled stabbing in which the victim suffered permanent nerve damage in his arm. The judge -- unaware of the fact Insanali was still moonlighting as a criminal -- gave him a conditional sentence that allowed him to remain free in the community under a daily curfew.