The Stanley Cup rioter who claimed he was too drunk to remember smashing the windows of a downtown Vancouver office building has been given a 30-day conditional sentence.
At the sentencing hearing Wednesday, Spencer Kirkwood was also handed two years of probation.
The 26-year-old was charged with participating in a riot, mischief and breach of bail, after being caught on video using a street barricade to shatter windows at the Telus office building during the mayhem of June 15, 2011.
Kirkwood maintained he was too intoxicated to remember the melee, but a judge rejected his defense.
Crown lawyers were calling for Kirkwood to spend 30 to 45 days in jail, as well as serve 100 to 150 hours of community service.
They maintain Kirkwood, who was at a friend's house before the riot, made a conscious choice to go into the downtown core, unlike others who found themselves caught in it.
But Kirkwood's lawyer says his client is an alcoholic and he is currently undergoing therapy. He says Kirkwood is truly ashamed of his actions.
The building damage caused by him and others cost $10,337.
Two days after the riot, Kirkwood made a frightened call to 911 after being contacted by an anonymous man who had spotted him in riot footage.
He confessed his involvement to police and was initially charged with two counts in November 2011, but was later caught breaking curfew when a police officer pulled him over in the wee hours of the morning in May 2012 .
Kirkwood was arrested again and charged with breach of bail.
More than 100 people have already pleaded guilty and been sentenced for their part in damaging and looting stores, torching cars and rampaging through the downtown core after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins.
