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Sex offender jailed for breach of probation

Jimmy Partridge gets eight months for trying to lure nine-year-old boy

KIRSTEN MURPHY

A convicted sex offender who breached his probation by attempting to lure away a nine-year-old boy was sentenced to eight months in jail last week.

Jimmy Partridge, 37, was spotted leading the boy from a public place on March 17, 2001, in Iqaluit. Partridge was under a strict probation order to have no contact with children unless under supervision.

Partridge’s criminal record includes six sex-related crimes in the past 10 years, including a four-year sentence for raping a 14-year-old boy, court heard.

"Who knows what may have happened," Crown prosecutor Judy Chan said.

Chan credited a concerned citizen with recognizing Partridge and calling the RCMP.

"He will not or cannot control his impulses. He’s a danger to the public, to women, to boys and to girls. He must be segregated from society," Chan said.

Justice Robert Kilpatrick called Partridge’s contact with the child an alarming, flagrant breach of a court order.

"This is a complicated case. There is a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia, anti-social personality and a pattern of sexual deviance. That’s not a good combination," Kilpatrick said.

"The court wants to help you and protect others."

The Crown attempted to have Partridge classified as a dangerous offender earlier this year.

The application was rejected in May because Partridge had not undergone a psychiatric assessment. The Crown is appealing the ruling. An assessment has since been completed.

Defence lawyer Peter Fuglsang argued Partridge should be given full credit for the 15 months he served since his arrest in March 2001.

"The jails are not holding centres for psychiatric patients [who] have nowhere else to go," Fuglsang said.

While in custody, Partridge pinched a female prison guard on the bottom and later head-butted a police officer while en route to Edmonton for his assessment. Partridge pleaded guilty to both assaults and was sentenced to one day in lieu of time served.

Upon his release in January 2003, the conditions of his three-year probation include counseling as directed by his probation officer, no contact with persons under 14 unless in the presence of a sober adult, and taking his medication as prescribed.

Partridge will likely live at Iqaluit’s Oqota Emergency Shelter upon his release, court heard.

The dangerous offender application appeal goes before the Nunavut Court of Appeal on Sept. 16.

A dangerous offender may be ordered to remain in jail indefinitely.

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