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First round of charges stayed for Penticton man accused of assaulting two boys

Bryan Lamb, 52, had a charge of assault with a weapon dropped by Crown counsel
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The second of three criminal trials for a notorious South Okanagan repeat offender resulted in the charges being stayed Tuesday (March 30) in Penticton Provincial Court.

Bryan Lamb, 52, was charged with assault with a weapon and breaching his bail in connection with an incident involving a Penticton store employee being assaulted with a bat in 2020. Those charges were stayed on his first day of trial on Tuesday.

The Crown ultimately decided to drop the charges against Lamb.

His trial accused of being unlawfully in a house and two counts of breaching his release order began Monday. The charges stem from a September 2020 incident in Kaleden. That trial continues April 20.

READ MORE: Penticton man accused of assaulting two boys faces two separate criminal trials this week

The alleged offence occurred less than a month after he is accused of randomly attacking two young boys — aged four and 10 — in Kaleden Park in August 2020.

Lamb pleaded not guilty to the two assault charges as his trial began in February. On the first day of his trial, a 10-year-old victim testified that a man came up to him at the park and said something about a man in a wheelchair and then grabbed the boy’s neck ‘hard’ and slapped him with his other hand. That trial is set to resume April 19.

READ MORE: ‘He grabbed my neck hard and with his other hand he slapped me’- boy testifies in trial

A Supreme Court Justice granted Lamb bail in February, but court filings show he’s stayed behind bars.

In February, Lamb faced another trial for assaulting a police officer. A judge sentenced him to one day in jail.

READ MORE: Bryan Lamb back in jail after less than two weeks out on bail



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