Assault charge stayed for northern B.C. politician Pat Pimm
VICTORIA — An assault charge against a member of the B.C. legislature has been stayed, the province’s Criminal Justice Branch said Monday.
A spokesman for the branch says Pat Pimm has agreed to a peace bond for a period of eight months that prohibits him from contacting the complainant.
Dan McLaughlin says in an email that the complainant and investigators were consulted.
“The special prosecutor determined, in the independent exercise of his prosecutorial discretion, that the resolution was appropriate and fair and not contrary to the public interest,” he says.