The accused was tried on charges of assault causing bodily harm, impaired operation of a conveyance, and operating a conveyance with a blood alcohol concentration over the legal limit.
The charges arose after the accused crashed his ATV near the complainant's property and subsequently engaged in a physical altercation with the complainant over riding ATVs on the farmland.
The court rejected the accused's claim of self-defence, finding him to be the primary aggressor who struck the complainant unprovoked.
The court also rejected the accused's defence of post-driving alcohol consumption, finding his evidence of drinking after the incident implausible and contradicted by expert evidence.
The accused was found guilty on all three counts.
