Enraged tenant jailed for Gabriola Island axe attack
NANAIMO — A little more than a month after moving onto a Gabriola Island property, a man lashed out by severely injuring his landlord with an axe.
Gregory Francis Collins, 73, was jailed for the next three years following a sentencing hearing in provincial court in Nanaimo on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in relation to the April 3, 2022 attack against the now 85-year-old victim.
Collins was convicted in late June following a trial, in which the sentencing judge categorized Collins’ version of events as “nonsensical”.
The trial heard a dispute arose between the two men involving accusations of nonpayment of rent and power being cut off to Collins’ trailer on the South Rd. property.