Starblanket sentenced to six months for baseball bat beatings
A Prince Albert man who bludgeoned two women – including the mother of his child – with a baseball bat will be spending the next six months in jail.
Crown Prosecutor Cynthia Alexander said 26-year-old Angus Christopher Starblanket arrived at the 27th St. E. home of his former common-law partner Lois McKenzie to pick up their young daughter in August of 2015. When McKenzie spotted Starblanket’s current girlfriend waiting in his car the two women began fighting. Michelle Leggo, a friend of McKenzie, attempted to intervene, Alexander said, but Starblanket retrieved a baseball bat from the backseat of his car and struck both McKenzie and Leggo several times before driving away along with his girlfriend.
Both McKenzie and Leggo were hospitalized after the incident, Alexander said, as both women received blows to the head. McKenzie suffered a concussion and laceration, while Leggo’s wrist was fractured and her head required stitches.
Alexander said Starblanket was justified in defending his then-girlfriend, but when he grabbed the bat the incident changed from defence to assault.