The man convicted of building a pipe bomb that rattled an Oliver neighbourhood in 2013 was granted access to pubs and liquor establishments after a successful application in Supreme Court Monday.
Eric Olivier Daoust pleaded guilty to mischief over $5,000 and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation in August 2014.
Daoust applied to have a term in probation lifted so he could attend social gatherings when he attends school in Quebec this fall.
Crown was opposed to the application, however the terms were lifted with Daoust’s counsel, Kathryn Lundman, arguing that during the two-year probation term Daoust has not breached his conditions. Lundman also noted during Daoust’s psychological evaluation it was said alcohol was not a problem for him.
Daoust’s probation ends this fall.
“So far I have no intention of breaching and haven’t,” Daoust said during the hearing in Penticton Supreme Court Monday.
Daoust and his brother, Stephan Wesley Daoust, pleaded guilty to their involvement in bombing a car in Oliver, damaging the car and sending shrapnel through the wall of a nearby garage.
Court heard in August 2014 that Eric used his welding skills to build the pipe bomb and drove his brother to a home on Earle Crescent where Stephan placed the device under a 1991 Toyota Camry used by Jesse Wilson, who the Daousts said “felt up” Stephan’s girlfriend.
Stephan was sentenced to 90 days in jail in 2014.
