Summerside man pleads guilty to 3 charges but not attempted murder [Video]

Andre Kimball Gotell was charged with attempted murder and seven other weapons-related offences after a Summerside incident that prompted police to issue an emergency alert and call in crisis negotiators on Aug. 17.

But on Thursday, most of those charges were stayed as Gotell pleaded guilty to three offences: uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, possessing a weapon or imitation weapon, and possessing a weapon while prohibited by a court order. 

“To say the factual circumstances are confusing would be an understatement,” Crown prosecutor John Diamond told the court, saying the reliability of the witnesses in the case was not great and officials still don’t know the root cause of the incident.

The Crown and defence agreed that the sentence should take into account underlying issues of addiction and drug use. They proposed 60 days in custody on the threats charge and 40 days concurrent on the two …