A Nanaimo man has been sentenced to three years in jail after he hit a Victoria police officer with a stolen vehicle last September.
Chance Kenton Nichol, born in 1993, pleaded guilty on March 31 to assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and to dangerous driving.
He was also given a 10-year firearm probation and a three-year driving ban.
The officer was standing next to a vehicle in the 900-block of Pandora Avenue on Sept. 27, 2021, when they were struck by the stolen vehicle being driven by Nichol. The officer sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries from the incident.
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